Endometrial adenocarcinoma without myometrial invasion metastasizing to the pancreas and masquerading as primary pancreatic neoplasm

Pathology International

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 456-461

  Oshiro, Hisashi ^a   Miyagi, Yohei ^b   Kawaguchi, Yoshiaki ^a   Rino, Yasushi ^a   Arai, Hiromasa ^a   Asai Sato, Mikiko ^a   Nakayama, Hiroki ^b   Yamanaka, Shoji ^a   Inayama, Yoshiaki ^a   Fukushima, Noriyoshi ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms; Lymphatic metastasis; Mucinous cystic neoplasms; Serous cystadenocarcinoma; TP53

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DUPAN 2; GEMCITABINE; UFT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, P53; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44949207305     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02254.x     Document Type: Article

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