Malignant PEComa of the adrenal gland

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-117

  Lau, Sean K ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; PEComa; Perivascular epithelioid cell

Indexed keywords

IFOSFAMIDE; MELANOCYTIC ANTIGEN; MYOID ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOD ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856971863     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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