Pancreatic endocrine tumor with signet ring cell features: A case report with novel ultrastructural observations

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Stokes, Michael B ^a   Kumar, Asok ^a   Symmans, W Fraser ^a   Scholes, John V ^a   Melamed, Jonathan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Islet cell tumor; Pancreatic endocrine tumor; Signet ring cell; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; GASTRIN; MYELIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031860047     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129809032270     Document Type: Article

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