Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the maxillary sinus with gradual histologic transformation to high-grade adenocarcinoma: A comparative report with dedifferentiated carcinoma

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 448, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 204-208

  Sato, Katsuaki ^a   Ueda, Yoshimichi ^a   Sakurai, Aya ^a   Ishikawa, Yoshimaro ^a   Kaji, Sachiko ^a   Nojima, Takayuki ^a   Katsuda, Shogo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Dedifferentiation; Hybrid tumors; Maxillary sinus; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; PROTEIN P53; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE DESTRUCTION; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG; MALE; MAXILLA SINUS CARCINOMA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLID TUMOR; SPLEEN; STAINING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWELLING;

ACTINS; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; S100 PROTEINS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 32544449177     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-0054-8     Document Type: Article

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