The pathology of endometriosis: A survey of the many faces of a common disease emphasizing diagnostic pitfalls and unusual and newly appreciated aspects

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 241-260

  Clement, Philip B ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Endometriosis associated neoplasms; Pathologic diagnosis; Precancerous changes

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; GESTAGEN; NORGESTRIENONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CYST; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DECIDUA; ELASTOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; ENTEROPATHY; FIBROSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METAPLASIA; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY DISEASE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGITIS; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; VAGINA DISEASE;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINES; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 34347330221     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3180ca7d7b     Document Type: Review

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