Lymphangioleiomyomatosis of the uterus simulating high-stage endometrial stromal sarcoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 404-410

  Longacre, Teri A ^a   Hendrickson, Michael R ^a   Kapp, Daniel S ^a   Teng, Nelson N H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SIMULATION; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOMYOMA; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PERFORATION;

EID: 0030561528     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0344     Document Type: Article

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