Benign cervical leiomyoma leading to disseminated fatal malignancy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-122

  O'Connell, Michael P ^a   Jenkins, David M ^a   Curtain, Andrew W ^a   Hughes, Paul A ^a   Doyle, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Tralee General Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

EID: 0030200698     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0200     Document Type: Article

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