Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (Botryoid Type) of the uterine corpus and cervix in adult women: Report of a Case Series and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-355

  Li, Rose Fanghong ^a,c   Gupta, Mamta ^a,d   McCluggage, W Glenn ^a   Ronnett, Brigitte M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adult women; cervix; embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (botryoid type); uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873999640     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31826e0271     Document Type: Article

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