Tumor to tumor metastasis: Report of two cases and review of the literature

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-135

  Petraki, Constantina ^a,b   Vaslamatzis, Michael ^a   Argyrakos, Theodoros ^a   Petraki, Kalliopi ^a   Strataki, Maria ^a   Alexopoulos, Constantinos ^a   Sotsiou, Flora ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Renal cell carcinoma; Solitary fibrous tumor; Tumor to tumor metastasis; Urinary bladder carcinoma; Uterine cervix carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY METASTASIS; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR TO TUMOR METASTASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0037883754     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690301100214     Document Type: Review

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