Yolk sac tumor of the stomach with an adenocarcinomatous component: A case report with immunohistochemical analysis

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 557-562

  Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Kimura, Noriko ^a   Shizawa, Soichiro ^a   Yabuki, Noritaka ^a   Yamaki, Toshihiko ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^a   Nagura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Katta General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Alpha fetoprotein; Immunohistochemistry; Placental alkaline phosphatase; Stomach; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MARKER; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUCOSA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH TUMOR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032827004     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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