Early-stage ovarian carcinoma combined with pulmonary tuberculosis mimicking advanced ovarian cancer: A case report

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1007-1011

  Chen, C H ^a   Huang, C Y ^a   Chow, Song Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Ovarian cancer; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METASTASIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 4544252327     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891X.2004.014543.x     Document Type: Article

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