Incidental diagnosis of primary vaginal adenocarcinoma of intestinal type: A case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 490-493

  Ditto, Antonino ^a   Martinelli, Fabio ^a   Carcangiu, Maria Luisa ^a   Hanozet, Francesco ^a   Solima, Eugenio ^a   Barisella, Marta ^a   Cerrotta, Annamaria ^a   Raspagliesi, Francesco ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Immunohistochemical analysis; Intestinal type; PET; Primary vaginal adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID CYTOLOGY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA ADENOCARCINOMA; VAGINA CANCER; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34748896015     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/pgp.0b013e318047ffe5     Document Type: Article

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