Gallbladder adenocarcinoma with florid neuroendocrine cell nests and extensive Paneth cell metaplasia

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-371

  Sakaki, Mika ^a   Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^a   Horiguchi, Hidehisa ^a   Wakatsuki, Shingo ^a   Ogata, Shinya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Gallbladder; Neuroendocrine cell nest; Paneth cell; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PANETH CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

EID: 0034441969     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:11:4:365     Document Type: Article

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