Ovarian mixed germ cell tumor composed of dysgerminoma, endodermal sinus tumor, choriocarcinoma and mature teratoma in a 44-year-old woman: Case report and literature review

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 471-474

  Akahira, Jun Ichi ^a   Ito, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Kosuge, Shyuichi ^a   Konno, Ryo ^b   Sato, Shinji ^b   Yajima, Akira ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^b  

^a Towada Municipal Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Dysgerminoma; Endodermal sinus tumor; Germ cell tumor; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; PLACENTA LACTOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MIXED TUMOR; OVARY TERATOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 0031865187     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03935.x     Document Type: Article

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