Mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma of the pancreas - A case report

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-192

  Cho, Kyung Ja ^a   Kim, Jung Youn ^a   Lee, Seung Sook ^a   Khang, Shin Kwang ^a   Kim, Chul Woo ^b  

^a Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acinar cell carcinoma; Amphicrine; Endocrine; Exocrine; Islet cell tumor; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS ISLET CELL CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CARCINOMA, ISLET CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030113325     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.1996.11.2.188     Document Type: Article

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