Angiomyofibroblastoma of the vulva

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 467-471

  Hsu, I Hsin ^a   Chang, Ting Chen ^a   Wu, Chen Tu ^b   Chen, Ruey Jien ^a   Chow, Song Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiomyofibroblastoma; Case reports; Soft tissue neoplasms; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STROMA; TAIWAN; TUMOR CELL; VULVA TUMOR; VULVECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ANGIOFIBROMA; ANGIOMYOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444361307     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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