Uterine Smooth-Muscle Tumors with Unusual Growth Patterns

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-268

  Vaquero, Mercedes Espada ^a   Magrina, Javier F ^b   Leslie, Kevin O ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; Intravenous leiomyomatosis; Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata; Uterine smooth muscle tumors

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; RALOXIFENE; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; BENIGN METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTAVENOUS LEIOMYOMATOSIS; INTRAVENOUS LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS PERITONEALIS DISSEMINATA; MYOMETRIUM; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65449139052     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.01.013     Document Type: Review

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