Mucin-producing gallbladder adenocarcinoma with focal small cell and large cell neuroendocrine differentiation associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction

Pathology International

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 780-786

  Oshiro, Hisashi ^a,b   Matsuo, Kenichi ^a   Mawatari, Hironori ^a   Inayama, Yoshiaki ^a   Yamanaka, Shoji ^a   Nagahama, Kiyotaka ^a   Endo, Itaru ^a   Shimada, Hiroshi ^a   Nakajima, Atsushi ^a   Kubota, Kensuke ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Mucin; Pancreaticobiliary maljunction; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILIARY PANCREATITIS; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLSTONE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUCIN PRODUCING GALLBLADDER ADENOCARCINOMA; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PANCREATICOBILIARY MALJUNCTION; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 56049113507     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02311.x     Document Type: Article

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