Gastric carcinosarcoma with neuroendocrine differentiation as the carcinoma component and leiomyosarcomatous and myofibroblastic differentiation as the sarcomatous component

APMIS

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-238

  Kuroda, N ^a   Oonishi, K ^a   Iwamura, S ^a   Ohara, M ^a   Hirouchi, T ^a   Mizumo, K ^a   Miyazaki, E ^b   Enzan, H ^b  

^a KOCHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric carcinosarcoma; Myofibroblastic differentiation; Neuroendocrine differentiation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN CAM5.2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; GASTRIC CARCINOSARCOMA; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SARCOMA CELL; STOMACH CANCER; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646116572     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_328.x     Document Type: Article

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