Metastatic spread of gynaecological neoplasms to the adrenal gland: Case reports with a review of the literature

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 523-526

  Baron, Marc ^a   Hamou, L ^a   Laberge, S ^a   Callonnec, F ^a   Tielmans, A ^b   Dessogne, P ^a  

^a Becquerel Cancer Center   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenal metastasis; Cervical cancer; Endometrial adenocarcinoma; Ovarian cancer; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MITOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54949153035     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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