Fallopian tube metastases of non-gynaecological origin: A series of 20 cases emphasizing patterns of involvement including intra-epithelial spread

Histopathology

Volumn 60, Issue 6 B, 2012, Pages

  Stewart, Colin J R ^a   Leung, Yee C ^b   Whitehouse, Ann ^c  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Fallopian tube; Intra epithelial; Metastasis; Spread

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; OVARY METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE METASTASIS;

ADULT; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 84860318384     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04194.x     Document Type: Article

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