Pancreatic leiomyosarcorna: Clinicopathohistological presentation of a rare tumor

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2000, Pages 556-559

  Ferlan Marolt, Vera ^b   Vladislav, Pegan ^a   Alojz, Pleskovic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Leiomyosarcoma; Pancreas; Pathohistological features

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033994055     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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