Unusual, metastatic, or neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas: A diagnosis with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration and immunohistochemistry

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-105

  Eloubeidi, Mohamad ^a   Tamhane, Ashutosh ^b   Buxbaum, James ^b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; endoscopic ultrasound; fine needle aspiration; immunostains; metastasis; neuroendocrine tumors; pancreas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858974595     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.93810     Document Type: Article

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