A case of benign metastasizing leiomyoma treated by surgical castration followed by an aromatase inhibitor, anastrozole

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-257

  Nasu, Kaei ^a   Tsuno, Akitoshi ^a   Takai, Noriyuki ^a   Narahara, Hisashi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; Bilateral oophorectomy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CA 125 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CASTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MYOMECTOMY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA;

AROMATASE INHIBITORS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRILES; OVARIECTOMY; TRIAZOLES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149199922     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0698-0     Document Type: Article

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