Plexiform leiomyoma of the uterus in a patient with breast carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 292-294

  Nagel, Holger ^a   Brinck, Ulrich ^a   Lüthje, Dieter ^b   Füzesi, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Krankenhaus Neu Bethlehem   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Metastasis; Plexiform leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0032857585     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003130299105197     Document Type: Article

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