Prevalence of uterine and adnexal involvement in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: A clinicopathologic study of 10 patients

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1776-1785

  Hayashi, Takuo ^a,b   Kumasaka, Toshio ^b,c   Mitani, Keiko ^a,b   Terao, Yasuhisa ^d   Watanabe, Masao ^e   Oide, Takashi ^f   Nakatani, Yukio ^f   Hebisawa, Akira ^g   Konno, Ryo ^h   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   Yao, Takashi ^a   Seyama, Kuniaki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Study Group of Pneumothorax and Cystic Lung Diseases   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Gynecology and Obstetrics   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g TOKYO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

lymphangioleiomyomatosis; PEComa; uterus

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UTERUS CANCER;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81355127283     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318235edbd     Document Type: Article

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