A case of estrogen-producing Brenner tumor with a stromal component as a potential source for estrogen

Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-204

  Hiroi, Hisahiko ^a,b   Osuga, Yutaka ^b   Tarumoto, Yoshiko ^a   Shimokama, Tatsuro ^a   Yano, Tetsu ^b   Yokota, Harushige ^a   Taketani, Yuji ^b,c  

^a Hitachi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brenner tumor; Endometrial hyperplasia; Hyperestrogenism

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; ESTROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRENNER TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; STROMA;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRENNER TUMOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; STROMAL CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036380544     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063810     Document Type: Article

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