Extra genital heterologous malignant mixed mullerian tumor of primary peritoneal origin
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Primary peritoneal malignant mixed mesodermal (Müllerian) tumor.
AIMS AND BACKGROUND Malignant mixed mesodermal tumor (MMMT) is a biphasic neoplasm (carcinosarcoma) composed of both epithelial and mesenchymal elements. Extragenital MMMT, including primary peritoneal MMMT, is an extremely rare tumor with features consistent with its origin from the secondary Müllerian system. The neoplastic elements of extragenital MMMT presumably arise directly from the meso...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0377-4929
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.44976