Low-grade clear cell renal cell carcinoma mimicking hemangioma of the kidney: A series of 4 cases

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-254

  Kryvenko, Oleksandr N ^a,b   Roquero, Leonardo ^a   Gupta, Nilesh S ^a   Lee, Min W ^a   Epstein, Jonathan I ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; MUCIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-1;

EID: 84874721314     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0615-OA     Document Type: Article

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