Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the descending colon: A histological, immunohistochemical and ultrastuctural analysis

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 765-768

  Shoji, Mitsuhiko ^a   Dobashi, Yoh ^a   Iwabuchi, Keiichi ^a   Kuwao, Sadahito ^a   Mikami, Tetuo ^a   Kameya, Toru ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; DESCENDING COLON; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SARCOMA;

EID: 0032415404     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418698430179     Document Type: Article

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