Actinomycotic inflammatory disease and misdiagnosis of ovarian cancer. A case report

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2 C, 2006, Pages 1727-1731

  Sehouli, Jalid ^a   Stupin, Jens H ^a   Schlieper, Ulrike ^a   Kuemmel, Sherko ^a   Henrich, Wolfgang ^a   Denkert, C ^a   Dietel, M ^a   Lichtenegger, Werner ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Actinomycotic pelvic inflammatory disease; IUD; IUD associated pelvic actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; OVARY ABSCESS; OVARY CANCER; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SULBACTAM;

EID: 33645755354     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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