Retroperitoneal müllerian carcinosarcoma associated with endometriosis: A case report

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 546-549

  Booth, Christine ^a   Zahn, Christopher M ^b   McBroom, John ^a   Maxwell, G Larry ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Endometriosis; Retroperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY;

AGED; CARCINOSARCOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIXED TUMOR, MULLERIAN; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1942508724     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.01.018     Document Type: Article

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