E-cadherin nuclear staining is useful for the diagnosis of ovarian adult granulosa cell tumor

Human Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 808-817

  Ohishi, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Kurihara, Shuichi ^a   Takeuchi, Tadahisa ^a   Aman, Murasaki ^a   Kaku, Tsunehisa ^c   Kobayashi, Hiroaki ^d   Wake, Norio ^d   Oda, Yoshinao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY BEPPU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult granulosa cell tumor; Diagnosis; E cadherin; Immunohistochemistry; Nuclear staining

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INHIBIN; CALRETININ; INHIBIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; THECOMA; TUMOR CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CADHERINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861186672     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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