Colonization of intestinal endometriosis by benign colonic mucosa: A pattern potentially misdiagnosed as invasive mucinous carcinoma

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-262

  Ponsford Tipps, Ann M ^a   Weidner, Noel ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

appendix; cecum; endometriosis; intestinal metaplasia; mucinous metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CECUM; COLON INTUSSUSCEPTION; COLON MUCOSA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE ENDOMETRIOSIS; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE WALL; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PANETH CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; COLLOID CARCINOMA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; APPENDIX; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953866500     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896910388644     Document Type: Article

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