Hepatocellular progenitor cell tumor of the gallbladder: A case report and review of the literature

Modern Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 864-870

  Vadlamani, Indira ^a   Brunt, Elizabeth M ^a,b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c SLUH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallbladder tumor; Hepatic progenitor cells; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 5.2; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE 19; HEPPAR1 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HEPATOCELLULAR PROGENITOR CELL TUMOR OF THE GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSCOPY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, CD56; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 20344379693     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800367     Document Type: Review

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