Presacral carcinoid tumors: Report of three cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-255

  Horenstein, Marcelo G ^b   Erlandson, Robert A ^b   Gonzalez Cueto, Daniel M ^b   Rosai, Juan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Myxopapillary ependymoma; Paraganglioma; Presacral space; Tailgut cyst

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARAGANGLIOMA; SACROCOCCYX TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION;

EID: 0031939365     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199802000-00015     Document Type: Article

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