Micropapillary serous carcinoma of the ovary: A distinctive low-grade carcinoma related to serous borderline tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1319-1330

  Burks, R Tucker ^a   Sherman, Mark E ^b   Kurman, Robert J ^c,d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline tumor; Implants; Low malignant potential; Micropapillary serous carcinoma; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; OVARY CARCINOMA; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; STROMA;

ADULT; AGED; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029914035     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199611000-00003     Document Type: Article

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