Mucinous metaplasia of the fallopian tube: A diagnostic pitfall mimicking metastasis

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-40

  Wong, Anna K ^a,b   Seidman, Jeffrey D ^d   Barbuto, Denise A ^a   McPhaul, Laron W ^c   Silva, Elvio G ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; METAPLASIA; METASTASIS; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGECTOMY; UTERINE TUBE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALPINGECTOMY;

EID: 78650941979     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181f45f28     Document Type: Article

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