Sarcomatoid (spindle cell) carcinoma of the pancreas: A case report and review of the literature

Oncology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 245-249

  Kane, Joshua Robert ^a   Laskin, William B ^a   Matkowskyj, Kristina A ^a   Villa, Celina ^a   Yeldandi, Anjana V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Pancreas; Sarcomatoid carcinoma; Spindle cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NECROSIS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PARENCHYMA; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOMATOID CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 84888395301     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2013.1683     Document Type: Article

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