Ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma associated with steroidogenic foamy stromal cells

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 883-888

  Kurihara, Yuka ^a   Kasahara, Kyoko ^b,d   Sasano, Hironobu ^c   Tsutsumi, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Keiyu Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Shimizu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrioid carcinoma; Ovarian tumor; Steroidogenesis; Stromal cells

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOKERATIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; STEROIDOGENESIS; STROMA CELL; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0031424891     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb03722.x     Document Type: Article

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