Extensive psammomatous calcification of the uterus and cervix associated with a uterine serous carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 888-890

  Cameron, R I ^a   McCluggage, W G ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY METASTASIS; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMA BODY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS MYOMA;

CALCINOSIS; CERVIX UTERI; CYSTADENOMA, SEROUS; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERINE PERFORATION;

EID: 4043121022     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.017004     Document Type: Article

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