Myxoid and fibrous endometrial stromal tumors of the uterus: A report of 10 cases

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 310-319

  Oliva, Esther ^a,b   Young, Robert H ^a   Clement, Philip B ^c   Scully, Robert E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Endometrial stromal tumors; Fibrous change; Myxoid change

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN; DESMIN; HYALURONIDASE; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; METRORRHAGIA; MYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 0032831834     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199910000-00004     Document Type: Article

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