Transitional cell carcinoma of the endometrium: A case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 378-382

  Ahluwalia, Monica ^a   Light, Anton Michael ^a   Surampudi, K ^a   Finn, Catherine B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Endometrium; Immunohistochemistry; Transitional cell; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BIOPSY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

AGED; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 33750487871     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000215296.53361.4b     Document Type: Review

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