Pancreatoblastoma: A case report with special emphasis on squamoid corpuscles with optically clear nuclei rich in biotin

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 679-684

  Hasegawa, Yukari ^a   Ishida, Yuji ^b   Kato, Keisuke ^b   Ijiri, Rieko ^b   Miyake, Tetsumi ^b   Nishimata, Shigeo ^b   Watanabe, Takako ^b   Namba, Ikuko ^b   Hayabuchi, Yoko ^b   Kigasawa, Hisato ^b   Tanaka, Yukichi ^b  

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biotin; Imprint cytology; Optically clear nuclei; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatoblastoma; Squamoid corpuscles

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CYTOLOGY; FATIGUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPRINT CYTOLOGY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NAUSEA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATOBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0038374614     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326588     Document Type: Article

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