Presacral neuroendocrine carcinoma developed in a tailgut cyst: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-413

  Mourra, Najat ^a   Caplin, Scott ^a   Parc, Rolland ^a   Flejou, Jean François ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Malignant transformation; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Tailgut cyst

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PAIN; TAILGUT CYST; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYSTS; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037339312     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6564-7     Document Type: Article

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