Benign mixed tumor of the vagina: Case report with expanded immunohistochemical profile

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-547

  Murdoch, F ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Al Nafussi, Awatif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mixed mullerian tumor; Mixed tumor; Spindle cell epithelioma; Vagina

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 7; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; MIXED TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL; VAGINA TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED TUMOR, MULLERIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1242294369     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2003.13309.x     Document Type: Article

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