Genital tuberculosis can present as disseminated ovarian carcinoma with ascites and raised Ca-125: A case report

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 277-279

  Manidakis, Louis George ^a,b   Angelakis, E ^a   Sifakis, S ^a   Stefanaki, P ^a   Kalogeraki, A ^a   Manidaki, A ^a   Koumantakis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ascites; Ca 125; Ovarian cancer; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; BIOPSY; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0034932081     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058065     Document Type: Article

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