Struma ovarii showing clinical characteristics of ovarian malignancy

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1156-1159

  Kim, S Y ^a   Kim, Seok Mo ^a,b   Choi, H S ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ascites; CA125; Struma ovarii

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TERATOMA;

ASCITES; CA-125 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; STRUMA OVARII; TERATOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 30944448197     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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