A patient with bilateral immature ovarian teratoma presenting with paraneoplastic encephalitis

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 445-448

  van Altena, Anne M ^a   Wijnberg, Geertruida J ^a   Kolwijck, Eva ^a   de Hullu, Joanne A ^a   Massuger, Leon F A G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immature teratoma; Ovarian neoplasm; Paraneoplastic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY HYPERTROPHY; OVARY TERATOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SARCOIDOSIS; SEIZURE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 38649092393     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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