Mucinous carcinoid as an unusual manifestation of endodermal differentiation in ovarian yolk sac tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1247-1251

  Nogales, Francisco F ^a,c   Buriticá, Catalina ^a   Regauer, Sigrid ^b   González, Talina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoid; Endoderm; Mucinous carcinoid; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 20;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ENDODERM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; TERATOMA; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOID TUMOR; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24144469788     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000161533.39478.a7     Document Type: Article

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