Small cell ovarian carcinoma: A rare, aggressive tumor masquerading as constipation in a teenager with a fatal outcome

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages e139-e141

  Barondeau, Jesse ^a   Rodgers, Matthew ^a   Braun, LoRanee ^a   Azarow, Kenneth ^a   Forouhar, Melissa ^b   Faucette, Kelly ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Small cell ovarian carcinoma; Vague abdominal pain

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ENOXAPARIN; ETOPOSIDE; IRINOTECAN; LAXATIVE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVARY TUMOR; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANCER RECURRENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952749292     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181bdbc8d     Document Type: Article

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