Primary undifferentiated spindle-cell carcinoma of the gallbladder presenting as a liver tumor

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 993-998

  Akatsu, Tomotaka ^a   Ueda, Masakazu ^a   Shimazu, Motohide ^a   Wakabayashi, Go ^a   Aiura, Koichi ^a   Tanabe, Minoru ^a   Kawachi, Shigeyuki ^a   Kameyama, Kaori ^a   Kitajima, Masaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Liver tumor; Spindle cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN AE3; PROTEIN P53;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL LABELING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MICROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 27944439753     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-005-1684-y     Document Type: Article

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