Primary myxoid leiomyosarcoma of the ovary. A case report with review of the literature

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 288-291

  Trabelsi, Amel ^a   Mutijima, Eugene ^b   El Hossini Soua, Amal ^a   Gassoumi, Masoud ^c   Bouguizane, Sassi ^d   Mokni, Moncef ^a   Yacoubi, Mohamed T ^a   Korbi, Sadok ^a  

^a Laboratorie d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Université de Sousse   (Tunisia)

^d Service de gynecologie obstetrique deSousse   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Myxoid; Ovary; Primary leiomyosarcoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MYXOSARCOMA; OVARY CANCER; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TUNISIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY;

EID: 21744442569     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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