Carcinoid tumor in the female urethral orifice: Rare case report and a review of the literature

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-105

  Katayama, Masaki ^a   Hara, Akira ^a   Hirose, Yoshinobu ^a   Yamada, Yasuhiro ^a   Kuno, Toshiya ^a   Sakata, Keiko ^a   Morioka, Takamitsu ^b   Inamine, Morihiko ^b   Shibuya, Chiken ^c   Mori, Hideki ^a   Yoshimi, Naoki ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c Gihoku General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Chromogranin A; Synaptophsin; Urethra

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; URETHRA TUMOR;

CARCINOID TUMOR; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; SECRETORY VESICLES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037298271     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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