An unusual presentation of struma ovarii mimicking a malignant process

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 1111-1112

  Loizzi, Vera ^a   Cappuccini, Fabio ^a   Berman, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; THYROID GLAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; CA-125 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; STRUMA OVARII;

EID: 0036850585     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02154-3     Document Type: Article

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