Leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1556-1561

  Izumi, Hideki ^a   Okada, Ken Ichi ^a   Imaizumi, Toshihide ^a   Hirabayashi, Kenichi ^a   Matsuyama, Masahiro ^a   Dowaki, Shoichi ^a   Tobita, Kosuke ^a   Makuuchi, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leiomyosarcoma; Pancreas; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; DESMIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855161339     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-010-4536-1     Document Type: Article

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