Nonneoplastic endometrial signet-ring cells: Vacuolated decidual cells and stromal histiocytes mimicking adenocarcinoma

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 249-255

  Iezzoni, J C ^a   Mills, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidua; Endometrium; Hist iocytes; Histiocytic; Immunohistochemistry; Muciphages; Pseudoneoplastic; Signet ring cell adenocarcinoma; Signet ring cells

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEGESTROL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STROMA CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DECIDUA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VACUOLES;

EID: 0035125987     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/RL5H-VC5D-9WE2-X71H     Document Type: Article

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