Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) arising in the broad ligament

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1036-1039

  Fink, Daniel ^a,b   Marsden, D E ^a   Edwards, L ^a   Camaris, C ^a   Hacker, N F ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Broad ligament; HMB 45; PEComa; Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BROAD LIGAMENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; MESENCHYMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERUS CANCER;

BROAD LIGAMENT; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544362790     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891X.2004.014549.x     Document Type: Article

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