Pelvic-peritoneal tuberculosis simulating ovarian carcinoma: Report of three cases with elevation of the CA 125

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1660-1661

  Nistal De Paz, Fernando ^a   Fernández, Benito Herrero ^a   Simón, Rosario Pérez ^a   Pérez, Esther Fernández ^a   Nistal De Paz, Carlos ^a   Battle, Pedro Ortoll ^a   Rodríguez, Manuel Muñoz ^a  

^a Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIC DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEUM; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029738272     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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