Neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma of the retroperitoneum with no identifiable primary site

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Boghossian, Van ^a   Owen, Ira D ^a   Nuli, Balakrishna ^a   Xiao, Philip Q ^a  

^a BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36949037747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-117     Document Type: Article

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