Melanosis of the uterine cervix: A report of two cases and discussion of pigmented cervical lesions

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-76

  Yilmaz, Asli G ^a   Chandler, Peter ^a   Hahm, Geoffrey K ^a   O'Toole, Robert V ^a   Niemann, Theodore H ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b E 403 Doan Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Melanoma; Melanosis; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOSIS; MENORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0032906685     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199901000-00011     Document Type: Article

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