Endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising in endometriosis foci six years after estrogen replacement therapy: A case report

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-256

  Areia, A ^a,b   Sousa, V ^a   Frutuoso, C ^a   Dias, I ^a   Martins, M I ^a   De Oliveira, C F ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endometrioid adenocarcinoma; Endometriosis foci; Estrogenic replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS EXENTERATION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CISPLATIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXORUBICIN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1442303058     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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