Cystic struma ovarii presenting with ascites and an elevated CA-125 level: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-56

  Bokhari, Aqiba ^b   Rosenfeld, Ginni S ^b   Cracchiolo, Bemadette ^b   Heller, Debra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascites; CA 125 antigen; Meigs' syndrome; Struma ovarii

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CYST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA;

ASCITES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEIGS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; STRUMA OVARII; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 1542462493     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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