| Literature DB >> 1378991 |
K Nomura1, Y Miyasaka, M Murae, Y Terashima, S Aizawa.
Abstract
A 62-year-old woman with a complaint of abdominal distention underwent surgery to remove a tumor in her left ovary. The serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level was 4,130 ng/ml. Histologically, the tumor was diagnosed as a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with a small area of solid proliferation of tumor cells. The cells of the latter part were shown immunohistochemically to possess AFP. We suppose that a part of the mucinous cystadenocarcinoma dedifferentiates and produces AFP.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1378991 DOI： 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1992.tb02888.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Pathol Jpn ISSN： 0001-6632