Case study of a pregnant woman with decidualized ovarian endometriosis whose preoperative findings suggested malignant transformation

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-303

  Iwamoto, H ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Watanabe, N ^a   Minai, M ^a   Hirata, S ^a   Hoshi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Endometriosis; Malignant transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DECIDUALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CYST; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC;

EID: 33745448680     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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