Mixed ovarian large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, and teratoma: A report of two cases and review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 205, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 657-661

  Chênevert, Jacinthe ^a   Bessette, Paul ^b   Plante, Marie ^a   Têtu, Bernard ^a   Dubé, Valérie ^a  

^a Quebec Consortium de Recherche en Oncologie Clinique   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Mucinous carcinoma; Ovary; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; ETOPOSIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PACLITAXEL; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OVARY CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TERATOMA;

EID: 67749111838     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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