Giant pelvic retroperitoneal leiomyoma arising from the rectal wall

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 1132-1134

  Sayer, Robyn A ^a   Amundsen, Cindy L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038636611     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(03)00066-8     Document Type: Article

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