Granulosa cell tumor of the broad ligament: Report of a case with emphasis on the differential diagnosis with female adnexal tumor of probable Wolffian origin

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 783-786

  Czernobilsky, Bernard ^a   Lifschitz Mercer, Beatriz ^b   Trejo, Leonor ^a   Atlas, Ilan ^c  

^a Bernard Czernobilsky   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

broad ligament; FATWO; granulosa cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FEMALE ADNEXA TUMOR OF PROBABLE WOLFFIAN ORIGIN; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MORPHOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR;

BROAD LIGAMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, ADNEXAL AND SKIN APPENDAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; WOLFFIAN DUCTS;

EID: 84860253860     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896909356104     Document Type: Article

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