Endometriosis mimicking advanced ovarian cancer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 219.e23-219.e25

  Goumenou, Anastasia ^a   Matalliotakis, Ioannis ^a   Mahutte, Neal ^b   Koumantakis, Eugenios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ascites; Endometriosis; ovarian cancer; pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; DANAZOL; PACLITAXEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33745493141     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.044     Document Type: Article

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