Perivascular epithelioid cell tumour of the vagina in an 8 year old girl

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 564-566

  Ong, Lin Yin ^a   Hwang, Wei Sek ^a   Wong, Adelina ^a   Chan, Mei Yoke ^a   Chui, Chan Hon ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

PEComa; Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor; Vagina

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CHROMOGRANIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MELANIN; MELANIN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMOMA; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; VAGINA TUMOR;

CHILD; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SARCOMA; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847275520     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.10.050     Document Type: Article

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