Thyroid-like follicular carcinoma of the kidney: Report of two cases with detailed immunohistochemical profile and literature review

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 461, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-350

  Alessandrini, Lara ^a   Fassan, Matteo ^a,b   Gardiman, Marina Paola ^a   Guttilla, Andrea ^b   Zattoni, Fabio ^b   Galletti, Tommaso Prayer ^b   Zattoni, Filiberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Oncology; Renal cell carcinoma; Thyroid like follicular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GALECTIN 3; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN HBME 1; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID LIKE FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867402769     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-012-1298-8     Document Type: Article

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