Adenocarcinoma with sarcomatous dedifferentiation arising from mature cystic teratoma of the anterior mediastinum

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 741-745

  Kim, Jee Yeon ^a   Lee, Chang Hun ^a   Park, Won Young ^a   Kim, Ju Yeon ^a   Kim, Ah Rong ^a   Shin, Nari ^a   Park, Do Youn ^a   Huh, Gi Yeong ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Anterior; Cystic teratoma; Malignant; Mediastinum; Metastasis; Pleural

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 9; MUCIN 5AC; SMAD4 PROTEIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR MEDIASTINUM TERATOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM ADENOCARCINOMA; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA TUMOR; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870300419     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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