The great imitator: Miliary peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking Stage III ovarian carcinoma

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-116

  Geisler, J P ^a   Crook, D E ^a   Geisler, Hans E ^a,c   Cudahay, T J ^b   Fraiz, J ^b   Bunce, C P ^b   Moore, D K ^a   Kay, K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Vincent Hospitals and Health Services   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Miliary tuberculosis; Ovarian carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; MESENTERY; OMENTUM; OVARY CARCINOMA; SATIETY; SMALL INTESTINE; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 0034011059     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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