Carcinosarcoma of the parotid gland: An unusual case with large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and rhabdomyosarcoma - Case report

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 456-464

  Ueo, Tetsuya ^a   Kaku, N ^a   Kashima, K ^a   Daa, T ^a   Kondo, Y ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Yokoyama, S ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; LARGE CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MYXOSARCOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PAROTIDECTOMY; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 21844442825     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_231.x     Document Type: Article

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