Desmoplastic small round cell tumor masquerading as advanced ovarian cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 847-850

  Bland, A E ^a,b   Shah, A A ^b   Piscitelli, J T ^b   Bentley, R C ^a   Secord, A A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor; Intraabdominal malignancy; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OMENTUM; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 47649085539     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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