Leiomyosarcoma with dedifferentiation in a premenopausal patient discovered after uterine artery embolization

Pathology International

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 681-687

  Iihara, Kuniko ^a   Hirano, Kazuhiko ^a   Fujioka, Yasunori ^a   Sakamoto, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Dedifferentiation; Leiomyosarcoma; Lung metastasis; Uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMENORRHEA; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; NECROSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS CARCINOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ARTERIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 34548436626     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02157.x     Document Type: Article

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