Endomyometriosis arising in the uterosacral ligament: A case report including a literature review and immunohistochemical analysis

Pathology International

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 493-496

  Matsuzaki, Sachiko ^a,b   Murakami, Takashi ^a   Sato, Shinji ^a   Moriya, Takuya ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Yajima, Akira ^a  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Endomyometriosis; Immunohistochemistry; Metaplasia

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LIGAMENTS; MYOMETRIUM; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; UTERUS;

EID: 0033927407     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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