An undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver containing adipophilin-positive vesicles in an adult with massive sinusoidal invasion

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 824-829

  Tanaka, Satoshi ^a,b   Takasawa, Akira ^a   Fukasawa, Yuichiro ^b   Hasegawa, Tadashi ^a   Sawada, Norimasa ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipophilin; Adult; Hepatic adenoma; Liver; Stellate cell; Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACTA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ACTIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NCAM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PERILIPIN 2; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA;

ACTINS; ADENOMA; ANTIGENS, CD56; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SARCOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870407193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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