Uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumors in a patient using tamoxifen: Report of a case and review of literature

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1694-1697

  Oztekin, O ^a   Soylu, F ^a   Yigit, S ^b   Sarica, E ^a  

^a Ataturk Education and Training Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b Atatürk Educational and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrial stromal tumor; Tamoxifen; Uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumors

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TAMOXIFEN; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SEX CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; TAMOXIFEN; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745964001     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00647.x     Document Type: Review

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