Combined osteoclastic giant cell and pleomorphic giant cell tumor of the pancreas: A rarity. An immunohistochemical analysis and review of the literature

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 220-224

  Loya, Anand C ^a   Ratnakar, Kamaraju S ^a   Shastry, Regulagadda A ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cytoskeletal proteins; Giant cell tumors; Intermediate filament proteins; Keratin; Neoplasms by histologic type; Neoplasms, connective and soft tissue; Osteoclasts; Prognosis; Proteins

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; GEMCITABINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; OSTEOCLASTOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOCLAST; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, GIANT CELL; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OSTEOCLASTS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 6344246053     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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