A giant uterine leiomyoma simulating an ovarian mass in a 16-year-old girl: A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 294-296

  Grapsa, D ^a   Smyrniotis, V ^a   Hasiakos, D ^a   Kontogianni Katsarou, K ^a   Kondi Pafiti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Estrogens; Leiomyomas; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MYOMECTOMY; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745441941     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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