Growing teratoma syndrome in germ cell tumour of the ovary: A case report

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-171

  Rekha, Wuntkal ^a   Amita, Maheshwari ^a   Sudeep, Gupta ^a   Shubhada, Kane ^a   Hemant, Tongaonkar ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Growing teratoma syndrome; Ovarian tumour

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CYST; OVARY TERATOMA; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; TERATOMA;

EID: 17244378864     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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