Adenoid squamous carcinoma (pseudoangiosarcomatous carcinoma) of the vulva: A rare but highly aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma - Report of a case and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-291

  Horn, Lars Christian ^a   Liebert, Uwe G ^a   Edelmann, Jeanett ^a   Höckel, Michael ^a   Einenkel, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenoid squamous carcinoma; Angiosarcoma; Cancer; HPV infection; p53; Pseudoangiosarcomatous carcinoma; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LUNG METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOANGIOSARCOMATOUS CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VULVA TUMOR; VULVECTOMY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41349104323     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181569904     Document Type: Article

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