Pancreatic-type mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma with alpha-fetoprotein production arising from the stomach: A report of an extremely rare case

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-174

  Kusafuka, Kimihide ^a   Bando, Etsuro ^a   Muramatsu, Koji ^a   Ito, Hiroaki ^a   Tanizawa, Yutaka ^a   Kawamura, Taiichi ^a   Mochizuki, Toru ^a   Terashima, Masanori ^a   Nakajima, Takashi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acinar endocrine carcinoma; Alpha fetoprotein; Immunohistochemistry; Stomach; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AMYLASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHROMOGRANIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CISPLATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TS 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOGEN GRANULE;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MIXED ACINAR ENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; MIXED TUMOR; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH TUMOR;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349558205     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-009-0446-y     Document Type: Article

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