Combined large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 397-400

  Sato, Katsuaki ^a   Imai, Tetsuya ^b   Shirota, Yukihiro ^b   Ueda, Yoshimichi ^a   Katsuda, Shogo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Gallbladder; Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; P53

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER MUCOSA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHROMOGRANIN A; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953232075     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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