Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the pancreas with perineurial cell differentiation

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-231

  Hirose, Takanori ^a   Maeda, Toshiharu ^b   Furuya, Keizo ^b   Kiyasu, Yoshito ^b   Kawasaki, Hideki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal lamina; Epithelial membrane antigen; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Pancreas; Perineurial cell; Pinocytotic vesicle

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0031685528     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129809033473     Document Type: Article

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