Granular cell tumor of the intrapancreatic common bile duct: One case report and review of the literature

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-176

  Altavilla, Guiseppe ^a,c   Brotto, Maurizio ^a   Busatto, Graziella ^a   Boccù, Chiara ^b   Ragni, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Padua School of Medicine   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abrikossoff tumor; Bile ducts granular cell tumor; Granular cell tumor

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; GASTRECTOMY; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 3142662561     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120490475752     Document Type: Article

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