Adenocarcinoma arising within a tailgut cyst: Clinicopathological description and follow up of an unusual case

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 310-312

  Graadt Van Roggen, J F ^a   Welvaart, K ^c   De Roos, A ^c   Offerhaus, G J A ^b   Hogendoorn, P C W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Tailgut cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TERATOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0032938944     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.4.310     Document Type: Article

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