Carcinosarcoma of monoclonal origin arising in a dermoid cyst of ovary: A case report

BMC Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cabibi, Daniela ^a   Martorana, Anna ^a   Cappello, Francesco ^b   Barresi, Elisa ^a   Di Gangi, Claudio ^a   Rodolico, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P63; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OVARY CYST; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TERATOMA; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; UROGENITAL TRACT RADIOGRAPHY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CARCINOSARCOMA; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645347710     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-6-47     Document Type: Article

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