Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas metastatic to the ovary: A report of 4 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1540-1545

  Vakiani, Efsevia ^a   Young, Robert H ^b   Carcangiu, Maria Luisa ^c   Klimstra, David S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinar cell carcinoma; Metastasis; Ovary; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53449094256     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31817a8ebb     Document Type: Article

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