Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 197-204 , August 2006

Aggressive angiomyxoma of male genital region. Report of 4 cases with immunohistochemical evaluation including hormone receptor status

Presented in part as oral presentation at XXV Congress of International Academy of Pathology, Brisbane, Australia. October 10 to 15, 2004.

  • Mohammed T. Idrees

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Lilian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • ,
  • Benjamin L. Hoch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Lilian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • ,
  • Beverly Y. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
    • ,
  • Pamela D. Unger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Lilian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box #1194, New York, NY 10029, USA. Tel.: +1 212 241 9116; fax: +1 212 289 2899.

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2005.09.002

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 197-204 , August 2006

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