Carcinoid tumor of the lung with massive ossification: Report of a case showing the evidence of osteomimicry and review of the literature

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 957-961

  Tsubochi, Hiroyoshi ^a   Endo, Shunsuke ^a   Oda, Yoshinao ^b   Dobashi, Yoh ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenic protein; Carcinoid tumor; Osteocalcin; Osteomimicry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 84882977150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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