Pelvic Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-145

  Mannella, Paolo ^a   Genazzani, Andrea R ^a   Simoncini, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; FIBRINOGEN; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARY CANCER; PARACENTESIS; PELVIC TUBERCULOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, UROGENITAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77649247660     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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