Sarcomatoid hepatocellular carcinoma with hepatoblastoma-like features in an adult

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 446-450

  Cho, Min Sun ^a   Lee, Shi Nae ^a   Sung, Sun Hee ^a   Han, Woon Sup ^a,b  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adult; Chondrosarcoma; Hepatoblastoma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 8;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER SARCOMA; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MICRODISSECTION; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STAINING; STEM CELL;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTIGENS, CD56; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3042656536     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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