Tamoxifen-associated polyps (basalomas) arising in multiple endometriotic foci: A case report and review of the literature

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-311

  Schlesinger, Cory ^a   Silverberg, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basaloma; Endometriosis; Polypoid lesions; Polyps; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032909271     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5305     Document Type: Article

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