Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater with glandular differentiation

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1098-1100

  Cheng, S P ^a   Yang, T L ^a   Chang, K M ^a   Liu, C L ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATICOBILIARY OBSTRUCTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

AMPULLA OF VATER; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 4944259207     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.019414     Document Type: Article

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