Parametrial and rectovaginal adenocarcinoma arising from endometriosis

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1206-1209

  Ulrich, U ^a,b,c   Rhiem, K ^a,b   Kaminski, M ^a   Wardelmann, E ^a   Trog, D ^a   Valter, M ^b   Richter, O N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Florence Nightingale Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Endometriosis associated cancer; Parametrium; PTEN; Rectovaginal septum; Unopposed estrogens

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIUM ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL ADENOCARCINOMA; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARBOPLATIN; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLECTOMY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 25844501289     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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