Mesenchymal lesions of the vulva

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-145

  Fitzhugh, Valerie A ^a   Heller, Debra S ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

female; soft tissue neoplasms; vulvar diseases; vulvar neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN S 100; TAMOXIFEN; VIMENTIN;

AGGRESSIVE ANGIOMYXOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLASTOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELLULAR ANGIOFIBROMA; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; EXCISION; FIBROBLAST; FIBROEPITHELIAL STROMAL POLYP; FIBROMA; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HEMANGIOKERATOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA CIRCUMSCRIPTUM; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MASSIVE VULVAR EDEMA; MESENCHYMAL VULVAR LESION; MYXOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROSARCOMA; POLYP; PREPUBERTAL VULVAR FIBROMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKIN DEFECT; SUPERFICIAL ANGIOMYXOMA; SUPERFICIAL MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; VULVA; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA FIBROHISTIOCYTIC LESION; VULVAR ADIPOSE TISSUE LESION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; VULVA; VULVAR DISEASES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955050126     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e3181f6f2d0     Document Type: Article

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