Tubular carcinoids of the appendix: The CK7/CK20 immunophenotype can be a diagnostic pitfall

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 666-668

  Matsukuma, Karen E ^a   Montgomery, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL TUBULAR CARCINOID; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KERATIN-20; KERATIN-7; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863591570     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200639     Document Type: Article

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