Childhood asymmetric labium majus enlargement: Mimicking a neoplasm

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1007-1016

  Vargas, Sara O ^a   Kozakewich, Harry P W ^a   Boyd, Theonia K ^a   Ecklund, Kirsten ^a   Fishman, Steven J ^a   Laufer, Marc R ^a   Perez Atayde, Antonio R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Edema; Enlargement; Fibroma; Fibromatosis; Hamartoma; Hypertrophy; Labia; Labiaplasty; Overgrowth; Swelling; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; LABIUM MAJUS; LABIUM MAJUS ENLARGEMENT; MICROSCOPY; PUBERTY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VAGINA; VULVA;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECURRENCE; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22944451198     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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