Perinodular hydropic degeneration of a uterine leiomyoma: A diagnostic challenge

Human Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-251

  Coad, James E ^b   Sulaiman, Raed A ^b   Das, Kamalini ^b   Staley, Nancy ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

perinodular hydropic degeneration; smooth muscle uterine neoplasms; uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MYXOSARCOMA; TISSUE DEGENERATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0031022571     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(97)90115-5     Document Type: Article

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