Mucin-containing rokitansky-aschoff sinuses with extracellular mucin deposits simulating mucinous carcinoma of the gallbladder

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1633-1638

  Albores Saavedra, Jorge ^a   Galliani, Carlos ^b   Chable Montero, Fredy ^a   Batich, Kristen ^c   Henson, Donald E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b Cook Childrens Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular mucin; Mucin containing; Mucinous carcinoma of the gallbladder; Rokitansky Aschoff sinuses

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; MUCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350442389     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181b63d66     Document Type: Article

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