Superficial undifferentiated small cell carcinoma of the esophagus showing an interesting growing pattern in histology

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2000, Pages 429-432

  Fukunaga, Yosuke ^c   Hirata, Sanae ^c   Tanimura, Shinya ^a   Okawa, Kiyotaka ^a   Higashino, Masayuki ^b   Inoue, Takeshi ^c   Kobayashi, Yasutsugu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Esophagus; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE;

AGED; APUD CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SUBMUCOSA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033999378     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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