Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells of the pancreas: A report of 2 cases with literature review

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 601-606

  Chopra, Shefali ^a   Wu, Mark Li Cheng ^a   Imagawa, David K ^a   Lee, John ^a   Gu, Mai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Oncotech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

EUS guided FNA; Globular amyloidosis; Liver; Osteoclast like giant cell tumor; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OSTEOCLAST; PANCREAS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCLASTS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548797176     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20711     Document Type: Article

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