Signet ring cell carcinoma of the testis: Clinicopathologic and molecular evidence for germ cell tumor origin-a case report

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-315

  Williamson, Sean R ^a   Kum, Jennifer B ^a   Shah, Shilpa R ^b   Einhorn, Lawrence H ^b   Eble, John N ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a,c   Ulbright, Thomas M ^a   Idrees, Muhammad T ^a  

^a Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Hematology and Oncology   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; I(12p); Malignant transformation; Molecular diagnosis; Ring cell carcinoma; Teratoma; Testis; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857702467     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31823fb7f2     Document Type: Article

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