Ovarian endometrioid tumors with yolk sac tumor component, an unusual form of ovarian neoplasm: Analysis of six cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1056-1066

  Nogales, Francisco F ^a,d   Bergeron, Christine ^c   Carvia, Rafael E ^a   Alvaro, Tomás ^b   Fulwood, Heather R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b Hospital Virgen de la Cinta   (Spain)

^c LABORATOIRE CERBA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Endometrioid carcinoma; Metaplasia; Ovary; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROGNOSIS; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0029839952     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199609000-00003     Document Type: Article

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