Pure choriocarcinoma of ovary diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 417-420

  Naniwadekar, M R ^a,b   Desai, S R ^a   Kshirsagar, N S ^a   Angarkar, N N ^a   Dombale, V D ^a   Jagtap, S V ^a  

^a KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Naniwadekar Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Gestational choriocarcinoma; Ovarian tumors; Ovary

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GIANT CELL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; OVARY TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMIPARA; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; TUMOR VOLUME; VAGINA BLEEDING;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249124245     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.55013     Document Type: Article

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