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Tumors of the pancreas with osteoclast-like and pleomorphic giant cells: an immunohistochemical and ploidy study.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Mar 1998
Deckard-Janatpour K, Kragel S, Teplitz R L, Min B H, Gumerlock P H, Frey C F, Ruebner B H
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BACKGROUND: Tumors of the pancreas with osteoclast-like giant cells are of uncertain histogenesis and aggressiveness. Their relationship, if any, to undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinomas of the pancreas with pleomorphic giant cells is also not clear. METHODS: Eleven tumors with osteoclast-like giant cells were studied by immunohistochemistry for epithelial and mesenchymal markers, as well as for a...
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