Postmenopausal uterine leiomyoma with hemorrhagic cystic degeneration mimicking ovarian malignancy [3]

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-434

  Jao, Mei Shan ^a   Huang, Kuan Gen ^a   Jung, Shih Ming ^a   Hwang, Lih Lian ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 38049084334     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(08)60018-2     Document Type: Letter

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