Malignancy in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome? The pitfall of pseudo-invasion

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 387-390

  Westerman, A M ^a,b   Van Velthuysen, M L F ^a   Bac, D J ^a   Schouten, W R ^a   Wilson, J H P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epithelial displacement; Hamartomatous polyposis; Malignancy; Peutz Jeghers syndrome; Pseudo invasion; Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PEDIGREE; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME;

EID: 0031439973     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199707000-00023     Document Type: Article

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