Low-grade endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary associated with undifferentiated carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4422-4427

  Chen, Ling ^a   Pang, Shujie ^a   Shen, Yan ^a   Liu, Zaiping ^b   Luan, Jing ^a   Shi, Yiquan ^a   Liu, Yixin ^a  

^a Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiated carcinoma; Low grade endometrioid carcinoma; Ovarian carcinoma; Undifferentiated carcinoma

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84906249053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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