The Pelvic Uterus-like Mass-A Primary or Secondary Müllerian System Anomaly?

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 494-497

  Kaufman, Yuval ^a,b   Lam, Alan ^a  

^a Centre for Advanced Reproductive Endosurgery   (Australia)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Laparoscopy; M llerian anomaly; Smooth muscle metaplasia; Uterus like mass

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; METAPLASIA; MUELLERIAN ANOMALY; PELVIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UTERUS; UTERUS HORN; UTERUS LIKE MASS; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULLERIAN DUCTS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; UTERUS;

EID: 45849123882     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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