Mesonephric rest hyperplasia. A potential diagnostic pitfall
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In Situ Hybridization in Zebrafish Larvae and Juveniles during Mesonephros Development
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S Amin-Hanjani1, J Paulson, S Henien
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140.
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
|October 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case of mesonephric rest hyperplasia, an incidental finding in the hysterectomy specimen of a 48-year-old woman, was initially misdiagnosed as a well-differentiated cervical adenocarcinoma. We highlight the histologic, histochemical, and immunohistochemical features of this potential diagnostic pitfall and review the relevant literature.
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