Ectopic decidua mimicking metastatic lesions - Report of three cases and review of the literature

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-461

  Kondi Pafiti, A ^a   Grapsa, D ^a   Kontogianni Katsarou, K ^a   Papadias, K ^a   Kairi Vassilatou, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decidua; Metastasis; Omentum; Peritoneum

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; DECIDUA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC DECIDUA; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS; OMENTUM; REMISSION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CHORISTOMA; DECIDUA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 23744503938     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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