Myxoid leiomyosarcoma of the uterus: A diagnostic challenge

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-448

  Karpathiou, G ^a   Sivridis, E ^a   Giatromanolaki, A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Minimal criteria; Myxoid leiomyosarcoma; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MENORRHAGIA; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS INDEX; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOMETRIUM; NULLIPARA; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; STELLATE CELL; STROMA CELL; TUMOR CELL; UTERINE MYXOID LEIOMYOSARCOMA; UTERUS; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956128476     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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