Smooth-muscle tumors of the vulva: A clinicopathological study of 25 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 779-793

  Nielsen, Gunnlaugur P ^b   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^a   Koerner, Frederick C ^b   Young, Robert H ^b   Scully, Robert E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; VULVA TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030014471     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199607000-00001     Document Type: Article

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