Identification of displaced endometrial glands and embryonic duct remnants in female fetal reproductive tract: Possible pathogenetic role in endometriotic and pelvic neoplastic processes

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 DEC, Issue , 2012, Pages

  de Jolinière, Jean Bouquet ^a   Ayoubi, Jean Marc ^b   Lesec, Guy ^c   Validire, Pierre ^d   Goguin, Alexandre ^e   Gianaroli, Luca ^f   Dubuisson, Jean Bernard ^a   Feki, Anis ^a   Gogusev, Jean ^e,g  

^a Fribourg Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Institut d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques SIPATH   (France)

^d INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^f Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction   (Italy)

^g INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Ectopic glands; Endometriosis; Fetus; Immunohistochemistry; Neoplastic process

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

AUTOPSY; ECTOPIC ORGAN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT; MYOMETRIUM; PELVIS TUMOR; PLACENTA DISORDER; REVIEW; STROMA; UTERINE TUBE; UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT; UTERUS;

EID: 84884133383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00444     Document Type: Review

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