Ovarian capillary hemangioma presenting as pseudo-Meigs' syndrome: A case report

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-369

  Koh, Lim Woh ^a,b   Sun, Ying Lun ^a,b   Koh, Pui Hon ^a,b   Chiu, Huei Ying ^a,b   Chen, Shi Yau ^a,b   Huang, Ming Ho ^a,b  

^a SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Meigs' syndrome; Ovarian hemangioma; Pseudo Meigs' syndrome

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CANCER CELL; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROTHORAX; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG EDEMA; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MEIGS SYNDROME; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY;

EID: 34247502138     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2006.10.030     Document Type: Article

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