Melanocytic differentiation in a solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 579-583

  Chen, Chen ^a   Jing, Wen ^a   Gulati, Priya ^a   Vargas, Hernan ^a   French, Samuel W ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Histogenesis; Melanosomes; Neurocrest; Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas (SPT)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; BETA CATENIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYCLIN D1; MELANIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NEURAL CREST; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 3242885336     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1346-5     Document Type: Article

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