Myoepithelial carcinoma of the vulva mimicking bartholin gland abscess in a pregnant woman: Case report and review of literature

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 501-504

  Kyriazi, Maria A ^a   Carvounis, Eleni E ^a   Kitsou, Maria ^b   Arkadopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Nicolaidou, Electra ^b   Fotiou, Stylianos ^a   Smyrniotis, Vassilios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Myoepithelial vulvar carcinoma; Vulvar cancer; Vulvar diseases; Vulvar myoepithelioma; Vulvar neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; PACLITAXEL; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHOLIN GLAND; BARTHOLIN GLAND ABSCESS; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISTANT METASTASIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINECTOMY; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVA RECONSTRUCTION; VULVECTOMY;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BARTHOLIN'S GLANDS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956193292     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181d81cdb     Document Type: Article

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