Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the liver associated with dermatomyositis: Autopsy case and review of the literature

Pathology International

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 749-754

  Yasuda, Emi ^a   Takeshita, Atsushi ^a   Murata, Susumu ^a   Ihaku, Yuko ^a   Nitta, Toshikatsu ^a   Akutagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Egashira, Yutaro ^a   Shibayama, Yuro ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Immunohistochemistry; Liver; Neuroendocrine carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 7; ENOLASE; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGED; AORTA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHEMA; GALLBLADDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PAIN; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; AUTOPSY; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750612424     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2006.02044.x     Document Type: Review

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