Amphicrine carcinoma of the pancreas. Report of two cases;Une tumeur exceptionnelle: Le carcinome amphicrine du pancréas. Étude anatomoclinique de deux cas

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 424-429

  Sylla, Abdoullaye ^a   Hervieu, Valérie ^a,b   Lombard Bohas, Catherine ^c   Tanière, Philippe ^a   Elbaz, Nadine ^d   Scoazec, Jean Yves ^a,b  

^a Serv Ctrl d'Anat/Cytol Pathol   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Cabinet de Pathologie   (France)

Author keywords

Amphicrine carcinoma; Electron microscopy; Endocrine carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMPHICRINE CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; STAINING; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0347360435     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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