Pseudosarcomatous myofibroblastic lesion of the urinary bladder: A rare entity posing a diagnostic challenge and therapeutic dilemma

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lekas, Alexandros ^a   Parasi, Aikaterini ^b   Papathomas, Thomas G ^c   Papatsoris, Athanasios G ^a   Mennonna, Maria Rozaria ^b   Chrisofos, Michail ^a   Deliveliotis, Charalambos ^a   Lazaris, Andreas C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

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EID: 42149102255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-11     Document Type: Article

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