Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in a 76-year-old woman with a history of asbestos fiber ingestion

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-165

  Van Kesteren, Paul ^a   Bulten, J ^b   Schijf, C ^b   Boonstra, H ^b   Massuger, L ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Malignant; Mesothelioma; Peritoneum; Woman

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CISPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; RAIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; COOKING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGESTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALAISE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OMENTUM; OVARY; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ASBESTOS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 1442274987     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891x.2004.14149.x     Document Type: Article

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