Article
Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions can influence the phenotype of carcinoma metastases in the mucosa of the intestine.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Feb 1990
Shepherd N A, Hall P A
Abstract excerpt
In this paper we report two cases in which morphological differentiation of gastric adenocarcinoma has occurred when metastatic tumour was present within the lamina propria of the intestinal mucosa. In one case, there were metastases in the small intestinal mucosa and in the second case, in the mucosa of the appendix. The morphology of the intramucosal tumour simulated that of an adenomatous neoplasm. The...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Aged
- Cell Communication
- Cell Differentiation
- Epithelium
- Humans
- Intestinal Mucosa
- Intestinal Neoplasms
- Male
- Mesoderm
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
