CEA-producing mucin-negative gastric signet-ring cell carcinoma with neuroendocrine markers: A case report

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-85

  Morii, Shinji ^a   Oka, Kuniyuki ^a,d   Hakozaki, Hando ^b   Nihei, Takeshi ^a   Mori, Naoyoshi ^c  

^a Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA); Gastric signet ring cell carcinoma; Leu 7 (CD57); Neuroendocrine marker; Neuron specific enolase (NSE); Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARMINIC ACID; CD57 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MUCIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AUTOPSY; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCIN; HUMANS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032993936     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199907000-00021     Document Type: Article

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