A case of α-fetoprotein-producing pulmonary carcinoma with restricted expression of hepatocyte nuclear factor-4α in hepatoid foci: a case report with studies of previous cases

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1115-1120

  Kishimoto, Takashi ^a   Yano, Tomoyuki ^b   Hiroshima, Kenzo ^a   Inayama, Yoshiaki ^c   Kawachi, Kae ^c   Nakatani, Yukio ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFP; Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 ; Hepatoid carcinoma; Pulmonary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 44949170760     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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