Polyomavirus (BK)-associated pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: A case report

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 255-259

  Alexiev, Borislav A ^a   Papadimitriou, John C ^a   Chai, Toby C ^a   Ramos, Emilio ^a   Staats, Paul N ^a   Drachenberg, Cinthia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 903; PROTEIN P63; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BK VIRUS INFECTION; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CYSTECTOMY; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; GLEASON SCORE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OMENTUM; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; URETER; URINE CYTOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; BIOPSY; BK VIRUS; CARCINOMA, GIANT CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 84876301147     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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