Epidemiology, Presentation, and Management of Retroperitoneal Leiomyomata: Systematic Literature Review and Case Report

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-160

  Poliquin, Vanessa ^a   Victory, Rahi ^a,b   Vilos, George A ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibroid; Leiomyoma; Myoma; Retroperitoneal

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENORRHAGIA; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; RACE; RETROPERITONEAL LEIOMYOMATA; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SYMPTOM; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CA-125 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39749121027     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.12.009     Document Type: Review

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