Malignant mixed Müllerian tumor of the uterus: Diagnosis of a case by fine-needle aspiration cytology and review of literature

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 653-657

  Banik, Tarak ^a   Halder, Dipanjan ^a   Gupta, Nalini ^a   Dey, Pranab ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC FULLNESS; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LETTER; MALIGNANT MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOMETRA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED TUMOR, MULLERIAN; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 84862572586     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21681     Document Type: Letter

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