Iatrogenic lesions and artefacts in gynaecological pathology

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-112

  Clarke, B ^a   McCluggage, W G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEVONORGESTREL; PACLITAXEL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUTERIZATION; CELL INFILTRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GIANT CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LYMPHOID CELL; MITOSIS INHIBITION; OVARY; OVARY CANCER; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TUMOR CELL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ARTIFACTS; BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IATROGENIC DISEASE; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 61549098707     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.061424     Document Type: Review

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