Motilin-producing liver and bone metastases evidenced 14 years after resection of a rectal polyp

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 838-843

  Weynand, B ^a   Guiot, Y ^a   Doriaux, M ^a   Lefevre, A ^b   Fiasse, R ^a   Galant, C ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Malignant neuroendocrine tumor; Motilin; Rectal polyp

Indexed keywords

MOTILIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM POLYP;

BIOPSY; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MOTILIN; POLYPS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME;

EID: 0033026236     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199907000-00013     Document Type: Article

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