Metastatic leiomyosarcoma diagnosed after uterine artery embolization

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-202

  Stohl Posy, H E ^a   Elkas, J C ^b   Yemelyanova, A V ^c   Diaz Montes, T P ^a   Bristow, R E ^a   Giuntoli II, R L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Northern Virginia Pelvic Surgery Associates   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastatic disease; Uterine artery embolization; Uterine leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MITOSIS; MUSCLE TUMOR; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65349120616     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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