Primary vaginal adenocarcinoma arising from the metanephric duct remnant

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 436, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 622-627

  Shimao, Yoshiya ^a   Nabeshima, Kazuki ^a   Inoue, Teruhiko ^b   Higo, Takafumi ^b   Wada, Toshiro ^b   Ikenoue, Tsuyomu ^b   Koono, Masashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metanephric duct remnant; Renal aplasia; Ureteral ectopia; Vaginal adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASIA; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY AGENESIS; METANEPHRIC DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER; UTERUS BICORNIS; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MESONEPHROS; URETER; UTERUS; VAGINAL DISEASES; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034124813     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004289900166     Document Type: Article

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