Ovarian metastases of appendiceal tumors with goblet cell carcinoidlike and signet ring cell patterns: A report of 30 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1502-1511

  Hristov, Alexandra C ^a   Young, Robert H ^a   Vang, Russell ^a,b   Yemelyanova, Anna V ^a   Seidman, Jeffrey D ^c   Ronnett, Brigitte M ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Appendix; Goblet cell carcinoid tumor; Metastases; Ovary; Signet ring cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; OVARY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY METASTASIS; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CHROMOGRANINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34748921719     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31804f7aa1     Document Type: Article

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