Atypical polypoid adenomyofibromas (atypical polypoid adenomyomas) of the uterus: A clinicopathologic study of 55 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Longacre, Teri A ^a   Chung, Marilda H ^a   Rouse, Robert V ^a,b   Hendrickson, Michael R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical polypoid adenomyofibroma; Atypical polypoid adenomyoma; Infertility; Mixed mullerian neoplasms; Myoinvasive endometrial carcinoma; Polypoid adenomyoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; POLYPECTOMY; PREMENOPAUSE; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADENOMYOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030024185     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199601000-00001     Document Type: Article

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