Acquired lymphangiectasia 'lymphangioma circumscriptum' of the vulva: A report of eight cases

Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 448-453

  Stewart, C J R ^a   Chan, T ^a   Platten, M ^b  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lymphangiectasia; Lymphangioma; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VIRUS INFECTION; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 70350633015     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020902885052     Document Type: Article

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