Combined classical carcinoid and goblet cell carcinoid tumor: A new morphologic variant of carcinoid tumor of the appendix

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1163-1167

  Chetty, Runjan ^a   Klimstra, David S ^b   Henson, Donald E ^c   Albores Saavedra, Jorge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

appendix; combined classical carcinoid and goblet cell carcinoid tumor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOID; CHEMISTRY; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS INDEX; MIXED TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; MIXED TUMOR, MALIGNANT; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955174419     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181e52916     Document Type: Article

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