Colonic adenocarcinoma metastatic to the thyroid gland: A case report with immunohistochemical investigation

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 455-459

  Kim, Chul Hwan ^a   Park, Young Wook ^b   Ayala, Alberto G ^c   Ro, Jae Y ^d  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Neoplasm metastasis; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN; KRT20 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRT7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER; VILLIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; KERATIN-7; KERATINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033175926     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.1999.14.4.455     Document Type: Article

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