Malignant plexiform tumor of the uterus: An unusual variant of epithelioid leiomyosarcoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 270-275

  Kuroda, Hideki ^a   Konishi, Ikuo ^a   Nanbu, Kanako ^a   Mandai, Masaki ^a   Komatsu, Takayuki ^a   Yamamoto, Shinichi ^a   Yamabe, Hirohiko ^b   Kida, Akihiro ^c   Mori, Takahide ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Yamatotakada City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 0030298051     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0319     Document Type: Article

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