Malignant Müllerian mixed tumor of the ovary associated with yolk sac tumor, neuroepithelial and trophoblastic differentiation (teratoid carcinosarcoma)

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-520

  García Galvis, Olga F ^a   Cabrera Ozoria, Claudia ^a   Fernández, José Aneiros ^a   Stolnicu, Simona ^b   Nogales, Francisco F ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Definition; Endometrioid carcinosarcoma; Neuroectodermal tumors; Ovary; Teratoid; Teratoma; Trophoblast; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TERATOID CARCINOSARCOMA; TROPHOBLAST; YOLK SAC TUMOR; FATALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; PATHOLOGY; TERATOMA;

AGED; CARCINOSARCOMA; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED TUMOR, MULLERIAN; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 58149182010     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e31817b06c7     Document Type: Article

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