Osteoclast-like giant cell tumor of the pancreas with metastases to gallbladder and lymph nodes. A case report

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 587-594

  Sun, A Ping ^a   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^a   Liang, Sheng Ben ^a   Sonobe, Hiroshi ^a   Iwata, Jun ^a   Furihata, Mutsuo ^a   Takeuchi, Tamotsu ^a   Qiu, Yue ^a   Chen, Bing Kun ^a   Watanabe, Ryohei ^b   Ohmori, Katsusuke ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histogenesis; Immunohistochemistry; K ras oncogene; Osteoclast like giant cell tumor; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CODON; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GENETICS; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; ONCOGENE RAS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; CODON; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GENES, RAS; GIANT CELL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 17944393079     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(98)80051-4     Document Type: Article

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