Unusual case of adenocarcinoma arising in endometriosis mimicking colorectal cancer in a young woman with a Müllerian anomaly

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 199.e13-199.e15

  Peiretti, Michele ^a   Zakashansky, Konstantin ^b   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a   Mais, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; M llerian anomaly; Pelvic endometriosis

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 45949108776     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.054     Document Type: Article

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