Primary carcinoid tumor of the common hepatic duct: A rare case with immunohistochemical and molecular findings

Oncology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 543-546

  Ligato, Saverio ^a   Furmaga, Wieslaw ^a,b   Cartun, Richard W ^a   Hull, David ^a   Tsongalis, Gregory J ^a,c,d  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Hepatic duct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATIC DUCT; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALLELES; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY;

EID: 15044356445     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.13.3.543     Document Type: Article

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