Chronic ovarian pregnancy mimicking an ovarian tumor diagnosed by peritoneal washing cytology

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-197

  Su, Cheng Chuan ^a,b   Tzeng, Ching Cherng ^c   Huang, Kuo Feng ^c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytologic technique; Cytology; Ectopic pregnancy; Heterotopic tissue; Ovarian pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DISEASE DURATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NECROSIS; OVARIAN BLEEDING; OVARY PREGNANCY; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; ULTRASOUND; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 64549134717     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325124     Document Type: Article

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