Diffusely infiltrative endometrial adenocarcinoma: An adenoma malignum pattern of myoinvasion

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-78

  Longacre, Teri A ^a   Hendrickson, Michael R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma malignum; Diffuse infiltration; Endometrial carcinoma; Myoinvasion; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032901920     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199901000-00007     Document Type: Article

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