Aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva in pregnancy: A case report and review of management options

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Bagga, Rashmi ^a   Keepanasseril, Anish ^a   Suri, Vanita ^a   Nijhawan, Raje ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGGRESSIVE ANGIOMYXOMA; ANGIOFIBROBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMOMA; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MYXOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS TUMOR; PERINEUM; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RECURRENCE RISK; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VULVA TUMOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; VULVA;

ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYXOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846486784     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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