Pancreatic endocrine tumour with cytoplasmic keratin whorls. Is the term "rhabdoid" appropriate?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1106-1110

  Chetty, R ^a,b   Asa, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NAUSEA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RHABDOID TUMOR; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 4944243330     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.018309     Document Type: Article

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