Abdominopelvic tuberculosis simulating disseminated ovarian carcinoma with elevated CA-125 level: Report of two cases

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 465-470

  Barutcu, O ^a   Erel, H E ^b   Saygili, E ^a   Yildirim, T ^a   Torun, D ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GÜVEN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominopelvic tuberculosis; CA 125

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADNEXA MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SIMULATION; DISSEMINATED CANCER; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMENTUM; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUBERCULOUS ENDOMETRITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 0036653801     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0072-1     Document Type: Article

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