Pseudolipomatosis in hysteroscopically resected tissues from the gynecologic tract: Pathologic description and frequency

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1187-1190

  Unger, Zoë M ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge L ^a   Hanissian, Paul D ^a   Schned, Alan R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecologic tract; Hysteroscopy; Pseudolipomatosis

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOMATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSEUDOLIPOMATOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249084809     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181a0d3a6     Document Type: Article

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