Presence of talc in pelvic lymph nodes of a woman with ovarian cancer and long-term genital exposure to cosmetic talc

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 2 II, 2007, Pages 498-501

  Cramer, Daniel W ^a   Welch, William R ^b   Berkowitz, Ross S ^b   Godleski, John J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TALC;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SANITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; OVARY TUMOR; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TALC;

EID: 34548402538     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000262902.80861.a0     Document Type: Article

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