Ovarian metastases of intestinal-type gastric carcinoma: A clinicopathologic study of 4 cases with contrasting features to those of the Krukenberg tumor

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1382-1388

  Lerwill, Melinda F ^a   Young, Robert H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastatic carcinoma; Ovary; Stomach

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY METASTASIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; KRUKENBERG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750450543     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213256.75316.4a     Document Type: Article

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