Struma ovarii: A rare form of presentation and clinical review

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 819-820

  Costa, Maria A ^a   Povoa A M ^a   Pires, M C ^a   Paiva, V L ^a   Pinto, C ^a   Martinez De Oliveira J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Elevated CA 125 serum level; Hyperthyroidism; Meigs' syndrome; Struma ovarii

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TERATOMA; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UTERUS BLEEDING;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUMA OVARII; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844442584     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.0498a.x     Document Type: Review

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