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Primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the lung: histochemical and immunohistochemical characterization.
Human pathology - 1 Apr 1999
Hayashi H, Kitamura H, Nakatani Y, Inayama Y, Ito T, Kitamura H
Abstract excerpt
To establish criteria for differential diagnosis and to clarify the histogenesis of primary signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) of the lung, five cases were studied by mucin-histochemical and immunohistochemical analyses and compared with SRCC of the gastrointestinal tract and mucus-producing adenocarcinoma of the lung. The proportion of signet-ring cell component varied from 10% to 90% in four cases, and the...
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