Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma associated with intravenous leiomyomatosis of the uterus: Clinical behavior and genomic changes supporting a transportation theory

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 340-345

  Lee, Hee Jin ^a   Choi, Jene ^a   Kim, Kyu Rae ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; Comparative genomic hybridization; Intravenous leiomyomatosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS CANCER;

DNA;

DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50349085180     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181656dab     Document Type: Article

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