Multifocal PEComa (PEComatosis) of the female genital tract and pelvis: A case report and review of the literature

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Wang ^a   Li, Gao ^a   Wei qiang, Zheng ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; PEComatosis; Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa)

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHINA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS TUMOR; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHINA; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862826294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-23     Document Type: Article

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