Foamy gland pattern of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: A deceptively benign-appearing variant

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 493-504

  Adsay, Volkan ^b   Logani, Sanjay ^c   Sarkar, Fazlul ^c   Crissman, John ^c   Vaitkevicius, Vainitus ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ductal adenocarcinoma; Foamy gland pattern; Pancreas; Pancreatobiliary

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034067452     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200004000-00003     Document Type: Article

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