Pseudo-Meig's syndrome with multiple synchronous benign and malignant pelvic tumors

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 273, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-318

  Junaid, Imran ^a   Paz, Robert ^a   Salihu, Hamisu M ^b   Sharma, Puza P ^b   Aliyu, Zakari Y ^a,c  

^a ST AGNES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TERATOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDO MEIG SYNDROME; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ASTHMA; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOID TUMOR; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; MEIGS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 32344433224     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-005-0052-8     Document Type: Article

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