"Cutaneous-type" angiosarcoma arising in a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 658-660

  Den Bakker, Michael A ^a   Ansink, A C ^a   Ewing Graham, P C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY TERATOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 33745090853     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.029751     Document Type: Article

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