Ureteral endometriosis: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 7 cases

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 954-959

  Al Khawaja, Maha ^a   Tan, Puay Hoon ^b   MacLennan, Gregory T ^c   Lopez Beltran, Antonio ^d   Montironi, Rodolfo ^e   Cheng, Liang ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD10; Endometriosis; Estrogen receptor; Histogenesis; Neoplasia; Pathogenesis; Precursor; Progesterone receptor; Ureter; Urinary bladder; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 7; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEPHRECTOMY; PYELONEPHRITIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; STENT; URETER; URETER ENDOMETRIOSIS; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETERECTOMY; URETEROURETEROSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; STROMAL CELLS; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 44449161899     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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