Multicystic benign mesothelioma of the peritoneum presenting as postmenopausal bleeding and a solitary pelvic cyst - A case report

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 334-336

  Varma, Rajesh ^a   Wallace, Rosemary ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesothelioma cystic; Ovarian cysts; Postmenopause; Uterine hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MESOTHELIOMA; OMENTUM; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RETROPERITONEUM; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0742272517     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.09.036     Document Type: Article

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