High levels of CA-125 in a case of a parasitic leiomyoma presenting as an abdominal mass

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-298

  Ghamande, S A ^a   Eleonu, B ^a   Hamid, Adel M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029962905     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0144     Document Type: Article

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