Disseminated peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking advanced-stage endodermal sinus tumor: A case report

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 303-307

  Dursun, P ^a   Ersoz, S ^b   Gultekin, M ^a   Aksan, G ^a   Yuce K ^a   Ayhan, A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adnexial mass; AFP; Endodermal sinus tumor; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Germ cell tumor; Ovarian cancer; Peritoneal tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MORINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NULLIPARA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; TUMOR NECROSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645347314     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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