Tailgut cyst associated with a carcinoid tumor: Case report and review of the literature

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1065-1069

  Mathieu, A ^a   Chamlou, R ^a   Le Moine, F ^a   Maris, C ^a   Van de Stadt, J ^a   Salmon, Isabelle ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Presacrococcygeal tumor; Tailgut cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SACROCOCCYX TUMOR; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CARCINOID TUMOR; CYSTS; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTAL DISEASES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION;

EID: 27144440877     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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