Carcinoma involving the gallbladder: A retrospective review of 23 cases - pitfalls in diagnosis of gallbladder carcinoma

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Giang, Tran H ^a   Ngoc, Tran T B ^a   Hassell, Lewis A ^b  

^a Ho Chi Minh City College of Medicine and Pharmacy   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Gallbladder neoplasm; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OKLAHOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856183176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-10     Document Type: Article

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