Endometrial stromal sarcomas with extensive endometrioid glandular differentiation: Report of a series with emphasis on the potential for misdiagnosis and discussion of the differential diagnosis

Histopathology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-373

  McCluggage, W Glenn ^a   Ganesan, Raji ^b   Herrington, C Simon ^c  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial stromal sarcoma; Endometrioid glands; Endometriosis

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADENOSARCOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLADDER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOID GLAND; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENTERY; MYOMETRIUM; OMENTUM; OVARY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PERINEUM; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RECURRENT CANCER; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SIGMOID; SMALL INTESTINE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SARCOMA, ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60349089337     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03230.x     Document Type: Article

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