Gastric collision tumor of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and adenocarcinoma - A case report

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 387-390

  Jang, Kyu Yun ^a   Moon, Woo Sung ^a   Lee, Ho ^a   Kim, Chan Young ^a   Park, Ho Sung ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Carcinoma; Neuroendocrine; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH I; GASTROSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953231508     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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