Huge primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the pancreas: Report of a case and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 37, 2006, Pages 6070-6073

  Welsch, Thilo ^a   Mechtersheimer, Gunhild ^a   Aulmann, Sebastian ^a   Mueller, Sascha A ^a   Buechler, Markus W ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^a   Kienle, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal mass; Ewing sarcoma; MIC2 protein; Pancreas; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DNA PROBE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33750225632     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6070     Document Type: Review

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