Ghrelin-producing well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor (Carcinoid) of tailgut cyst. morphological, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and rt-pcr study of a case and review of the literature

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-198

  La Rosa, Stefano ^a   Boni, Luigi ^b   Finzi, Giovanna ^a   Vigetti, Davide ^b   Papanikolaou, Nikolaos ^b   Tenconi, Silvia Maria ^b   Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^b   Clerici, Moira ^b   Garancini, Silvana ^a   Capella, Carlo ^a,b  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Ghrelin; Neuroendocrine tumor; Presacral tumor; Tailgut cyst

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GHRELIN; PENTETREOTIDE; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCINTIGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYSTS; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 77956489436     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-010-9127-6     Document Type: Article

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