Ovarian cancer presenting in a laparoscopy scar and metastatic to the spleen

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 386-387

  Lane, Geoffrey ^a   Pfau, Susanne C ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; METASTASIS; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCAR; SPLEEN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CICATRIX; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEOPLASM SEEDING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029883827     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09750.x     Document Type: Article

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