Massive intra-abdominal undifferentiated carcinoma derived from an endometrioid adenocarcinoma in a "normal-sized" ovary

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-327

  Miyai, Kosuke ^a   Yamamoto, Sohei ^a   Aida, Shinsuke ^a   Shimazaki, Hideyuki ^a   Takano, Masashi ^a   Kudoh, Kazuya ^a   Furuya, Kenichi ^a   Tamai, Seiichi ^a   Matsubara, Osamu ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrioid adenocarcinoma; Loss of heterozygosity; Normal sized ovary syndrome; Undifferentiated carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CARBOPLATIN; CD103 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PACLITAXEL; VIMENTIN; CALB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA; HUMAN EPITHELIAL ANTIGEN-125; KERATIN; KRTAP1-3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; MUCIN 1; S100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN G; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; ENDOMETRIOID ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY CELL; OVARY DISEASE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME; ALLELE; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY;

ALLELES; CALBINDIN 2; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS, HAIR-SPECIFIC; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-1; NEPRILYSIN; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; S100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN G; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 77954120783     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181c4f35f     Document Type: Article

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