Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus with Focal Rhabdomyosarcomatous Differentiation

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-192

  Shintaku, Masayuki ^a   Sekiyama, Kentarou ^a  

^a OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heterologous differentiation; Leiomyosarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MYOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERUS SARCOMA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1642345057     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-200404000-00016     Document Type: Article

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