Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma following hysterectomy: A clinicopathologic correlation

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 674-676

  Rao, Adidam Venkata Chalapathi ^a   Wilson, Joyce ^b   Sylvester, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b EWMSC   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Differential Diagnosis; Estrogen and progesterone receptors; Leiomyoma; Metastases

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 44649194475     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181757a46     Document Type: Article

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