Cellular pseudosarcomatous fibroepithelial stromal polyps of the lower female genital tract: An underrecognized lesion often misdiagnosed as sarcoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-240

  Nucci, Marisa R ^a   Young, Robert H ^b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Female genital tract; Fibroepithelial polyp; Pseudosarcoma; Soft tissue; Vagina; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS INDEX; POLYP; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VAGINA TUMOR; VULVA TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; SARCOMA; STROMAL CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033980996     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200002000-00009     Document Type: Article

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