Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma originating from the uterine endometrium: a report on magnetic resonance features of 2 cases with very rare and aggressive tumor

Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma originating from the uterine endometrium: a report on magnetic resonance features of 2 cases with very rare and aggressive tumor

Neuroendocrine carcinomas (NEC) of the female genital tract are aggressive and uncommon tumors, which usually involve the uterine cervix and ovary, and are seen very rarely in the endometrium. Only less than 10 cases of large cell NEC (LCNEC) of the endometrium have been reported in the literature a...

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Main Authors: Natsuko Makihara, Hideto Yamada, Tetsuo Maeda, Meiko Nishimura, Masashi Deguchi, Ayako Sonoyama, Koji Nakabayashi, Tomoo Itoh, Fumi Kawakami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-06-01
Series:Rare Tumors
Subjects:
large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, endometrium, uterus, magnetic resonance images, PET/CT
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/4098

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