Uterine leiomyosarcoma discovered after uterine artery embolisation

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 686-687

  D'Angelo, Arianna ^a   Amso, N N ^a   Wood, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0345257752     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610310001609597     Document Type: Article

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