Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the endometrium: Case history, pathologic findings, and discussion

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 291-293

  Houissa Vuong, S ^a   Catanzano Laroudie, M ^a   Baviera, E ^a   Balaton, A ^a   Galet, B ^a   Gedeon, I ^a   Vuong, P N ^a  

^a Centre de Pathologie   (France)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Pathology; Primary squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CURETTAGE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX;

CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036842043     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10186     Document Type: Article

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