Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the female genital tract: A literature review with additional three case studies in China

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-103

  Jiang, Wei ^a   Li, Lei ^a   He, Yan Mei ^a   Yang, Kai Xuan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Female genital tract; Gynecology; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; CERVIX PAPULOUS LESION; CERVIX ULCERATIVE LESION; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIST; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOLOGIST; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA PAPULOUS LESION; VULVA ULCERATIVE LESION; DRUG COMBINATION; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHINA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINBLASTINE; VULVAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860813287     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-2113-5     Document Type: Review

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