Cotyledonoid dissecting leiomyoma of the uterus: A case report of a benign uterine tumor with sarcomalike gross appearance and review of literature

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-267

  Saeed, Al Shieban ^a   Hanaa, Bamefleh ^a   Faisal, Al Safi ^a   Najla, Al Marri ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cotyledonoid dissecting leiomyoma; Grapelike leiomyoma; Sternberg tumor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN UTERUS TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COTYLEDONOID DISSECTING LEIOMYOMA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MITOSIS RATE; MUSCLE TUMOR; PELVIS; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STROMA; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SARCOMA; CHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; UTERUS CANCER;

ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACTINS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SARCOMA; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33747195604     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000186542.19434.ea     Document Type: Article

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