Primary and metastatic mucinous adenocarcinomas in the ovaries: Incidence in routine practice with a new approach to improve intraoperative diagnosis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 985-993

  Seidman, Jeffrey D ^a   Kurman, Robert J ^b   Ronnett, Brigitte M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastatic carcinoma; Mucinous carcinoma; Ovarian neoplasms; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0012816611     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200307000-00014     Document Type: Article

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