Intrahepatic clear cell cholangiocarcinoma: Immunohistochemical aspects in a very rare type of cholangiocarcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 902-906

  Haas, Susanne ^a   Gütgemann, Ines ^a   Wolff, Martin ^a   Fischer, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD56; Clear cell cholangiocarcinoma; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYTOKERATIN 7; GLYCOGEN; MUCIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CD56 ANTIGEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STROMA CELL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASOUND; VISCERAL METASTASIS; BILE DUCT TUMOR; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ANTIGENS, CD56; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-7; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34447327288     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31802c0c8a     Document Type: Article

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