Mucinous carcinoma (poorly differentiated carcinoma with extensive extracellular mucin deposition) of the thyroid: A case report with immunohistochemical studies

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 698-701

  Kondo, Tetsuo ^a   Kato, Kunitaka ^b   Nakazawa, Tadao ^a   Miyata, Kazuyuki ^b   Murata, Shin Ichi ^a   Katoh, Ryohei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Municipal Kofu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Mucinous carcinoma; Thyroid carcinoma; TTF 1

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MUCIN; PROTEIN P53; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MICROSCOPY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MUCINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 21544470685     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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