Degeneration and Sarcomatous Transformation of a Retroperitoneal Leiomyoma

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-340

  Lee, Jay M ^a   Baumgartner, Fritz J ^a   Shellans, Steven ^a   Butler, John ^a   French, Samuel ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029875806     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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