Vacuolated cell pattern of pancreatobiliary adenocarcinoma: A clinicopathological analysis of 24 cases of a poorly recognized distinctive morphologic variant important in the differential diagnosis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 457, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 643-649

  Dursun, Nevra ^a   Feng, Jining ^b   Basturk, Olca ^c   Bandyopadhyay, Sudeshna ^b   Cheng, Jeanette D ^d   Adsay, Volkan N ^e  

^a Istanbul Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Cribriform; Ductal; Lipoid; Pancreas; Pancreatobiliary; Signet ring; Vacuolated

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; K RAS PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIPOGRANULOMA; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METASTASIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURVIVAL TIME; VACUOLATED CELL ADENOCARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78651317886     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-010-0978-5     Document Type: Article

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