Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary diagnosed in ascitic fluid: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-112

  Vera Alvarez, Jesús ^a,b   García Prats, María Dolores ^a,b   Marigil Gómez, Miguel ^a,b   Abascal Agorreta, Manuel ^a,b   López López, José Ignacio ^a,b   Ramón Cajal, José Manuel ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL SAN JORGE   (Spain)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

Author keywords

Ascitic fluid; Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Clear cell carcinoma; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; OVARY CARCINOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33846602606     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325696     Document Type: Article

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