A Large Pelvic Mass in an Adolescent Patient with Granulomatous Nephritis: Case Report and Discussion of Treatment Challenges

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-229

  Kakarla, Nirupama ^a   Boswell, Hillary B ^a   Zurawin, Robert K ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysgerminoma; Granulomatous nephritis; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Renal tuberculosis; Sarcoidosis; Solid ovarian tumor

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRANUMALOUS NEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUMOR; LABORATORY TEST; NEPHRITIS; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PELVIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33646780542     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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