Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma as indicator of a Carney complex;Psammomatöses melanotisches Schwannom als Indikator eines Carney-Komplexes

Pathologe

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-346

  Seidl, M ^a   Zolnhofer, G ^b   Gunser, S ^b   Ennker, J ^c   Schafer W ^d   Tietze, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Lahr Ettenheim   (Germany)

^c Herzzentrum Lahr   (Germany)

^d Kardiologische Praxis Dr Med Walter Schäfer   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carney complex; Endocrine neoplasia; Myxoma; Protein kinase A; Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT IALPHA;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEART ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CANCER; MYXOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CARNEY COMPLEX; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE RIALPHA SUBUNIT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYXOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEURILEMMOMA; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880923489     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00292-012-1736-z     Document Type: Article

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