Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma with an extensive epithelial-like element

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-251

  Ohta, Yoshiki ^a   Suzuki, Takao ^b   Kojima, Motohiro ^c   Shiokawa, Akira ^a   Mitsuya, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY NORTHERN YOKOHAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD10; Cell proliferative activity; Epithelioid element; Low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX CORD TUMOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL TUMORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED TUMOR, MALIGNANT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038016849     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1320-5463.2003.01463.x     Document Type: Article

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