Intrahepatic sarcomatoid cholangiocarcinoma of round cell variant: A case report and immunohistochemical studies

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 449, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 585-590

  Sato, Katsuaki ^a   Murai, Hiroshi ^a   Ueda, Yoshimichi ^a   Katsuda, Shogo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; CD44s; E cadherin; Intrahepatic sarcomatoid cholangiocarcinoma; Round cell variant

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKERATIN 19; HERMES ANTIGEN; MUCIN; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAHEPATIC SARCOMATOID CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD44; BETA CATENIN; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CADHERINS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE;

EID: 33750872523     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-006-0291-5     Document Type: Article

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