Primary adenocarcinoma arising from endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum: A case report

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1203-1205

  Yazbeck, Chadi ^a,b   Poncelet, C ^a   Chosidow, D ^a   Madelenat, P ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Endometriosis; Rectovaginal septum

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COLECTOMY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PACLITAXEL; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30944438226     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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