Female urethral carcinoma: Evidences to origin from Skene's glands

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-223

  Reis, Leonardo Oliveira ^a   Billis, Athanase ^a   Ferreira, Fábio T ^a   Ikari, Lia Y ^a   Stellini, Rafael F ^a   Ferreira, Ubirajara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Clear cell adenocarcinoma; Female urethra; Skene's glands; Squamous cell carcinoma; Urethrectomy

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P63;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARAURETHRAL DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA CARCINOMA; VAGINA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-7; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; URETHRA; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952037065     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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