Cytokeratin immunostaining in differentiating primary ovarian carcinoma from metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma

Modern Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1040-1044

  Loy, Timothy S ^a,c   Calaluce, Robert D ^a   Keeney, Gary L ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of unknown origin; CK20; CK7; Colonic carcinoma; Cytokeratins; Immunohistochemistry; Metastatic; Ovarian carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029829665     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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