Growing teratoma syndrome vs. chemotherapeutic retroconversion: Case report and review of the literature

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 357-360

  Amsalem, H ^a   Nadjari, M ^a   Prus, D ^a   Hiller, N ^a   Benshushan, A ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemotherapeutic retroconversion; GCT; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROWING TERATOMA SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METASTASIS; OVARY TERATOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SYNDROME; TERATOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742324866     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.10.024     Document Type: Article

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