Anaplastic carcinoma of the pancreas associated with a mucinous cystic adenocarcinoma. A case report and review of the literature

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 775-782

  Pan, Zeng Gang ^a   Wang, Bo ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cystadenocarcinoma, mucinous; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 8; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MUCIN 1; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ANEMIA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAPAROTOMY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; OSTEOCLAST; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SPLENECTOMY; TASTE DISORDER; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 36749023206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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