Spindle and giant cell type undifferentiated carcinoma arising in the common bile duct: A case report

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-184

  Oikawa, Haruna ^a   Oka, Kuniyuki ^a   Nagakura, Shigenori ^a   Fukunaga, Masaharu ^b   Sando, Norimasa ^a   Kashimura, Junya ^a   Hakozaki, Hando ^c  

^a MITO SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common bile duct; Spindle and giant cell type; Undifferentiated carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KERATIN; PROTEIN CAM5.2; PROTEIN KL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAPANESE; JAUNDICE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; OSTEOCLAST; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA; TUMOR CELL; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; URINE COLOR;

EID: 33847263960     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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