Pathological steps of cancer-related lymphedema: Histological changes in the collecting lymphatic vessels after lymphadenectomy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Mihara, Makoto ^a   Hara, Hisako ^a   Hayashi, Yohei ^a   Narushima, Mitsunaga ^a   Yamamoto, Takumi ^a   Todokoro, Takeshi ^a   Lida, Takuya ^a   Sawamoto, Naoya ^a   Araki, Jun ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuki ^a   Murai, Noriyuki ^b   Okitsu, Taro ^c   Kisu, Iori ^d   Koshima, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOLYMPH; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SCLEROSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE PREPARATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; DESMOSOMES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864231084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041126     Document Type: Article

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