Desmoid tumor arising in a cesarean section scar during pregnancy: Monitoring and management

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-148

  De Cian, Franco ^a   Delay, Emmanuel ^a   Rudigoz, René Charles ^b   Ranchère, Dominique ^a   Rivoire, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Desmoid tumors; Pregnancy; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DESMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WOUND; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032831028     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5539     Document Type: Article

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