Leiomyoma of the gallbladder: A case report with review of the literature and discussion of the differential diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-179

  Wachter, D L ^a   Buttner M J ^a   Grimm, K ^b   Hartmann, A ^a   Agaimy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b Praxis für Allgemein und Unfallchirurgie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MUSCLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA;

EID: 77349095300     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.070649     Document Type: Article

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