Primary Retroperitoneal Teratomas: A Review of the Literature

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-113

  Gatcombe, Heather G ^a   Assikis, Vasily ^a   Kooby, David ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Management; Retroperitoneal neoplasms; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; REVIEW; TERATOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2342457798     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20043     Document Type: Review

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