Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder: Case report and review of the literature

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-56

  Sakamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Monobe, Yasumasa ^b   Kouno, Masato ^b   Moriya, Takuya ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Hep Par1; Hepatoid adenocarcinoma; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GLUCOSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOID ADENOCARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3242805163     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01578.x     Document Type: Review

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