Vulvovaginal soft tissue tumours: Update and review

Histopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-108

  Nucci, M R ^a   Fletcher, C D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyxoma; Leiomyoma; Myxoma; Polyp; Soft tissue; Vagina; Vulva

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE;

BLASTOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE TUMOR; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL; VAGINA TUMOR; VULVA TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033993844     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2000.00865.x     Document Type: Review

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