Abnormal uterine bleeding as a presenting sign of metastasis to the endometrium in a patient with a history of cutaneous malignant melanoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 252-256

  Berker, Bulent ^a   Sertcelik, Ayse ^a   Kaygusuz, Gulsah ^a   Unlu, Cihat ^a   Ortac, Firat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; Endometrium; Immunohistochemistry; Metastasis; Metastatic melanoma

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 103; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR CELL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 1842529908     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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