Multifocal PEComa (PEComatosis) of the female genital tract associated with endometriosis, diffuse adenomyosis, and endometrial atypical hyperplasia

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-446

  Froio, Elisabetta ^a   Piana, Simonetta ^a   Cavazza, Alberto ^a   Valli, Riccardo ^a   Abrate, Martino ^a   Gardini, Giorgio ^a  

^a Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex endometrial hyperplasia; Endometriosis; HMB45; PEComatosis; Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa); Smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIFOCAL PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SPINDLE CELL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 52149110351     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908316067     Document Type: Article

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