Acinar cell carcinoma versus solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in children: A comparison of two rare and overlapping entities with review of the literature

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-390

  Tapia, Beatriz ^a   Ahrens, William ^a   Kenney, Barton ^a   Touloukian, Robert ^a   Reyes Múgica, Miguel ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinar cell carcinoma; Childhood neoplasia; Pancreas; Pancreatoblastoma; Solid pseudopapillary tumor of pancreas

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55849147307     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/07-02-0264.1     Document Type: Article

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