Occult gallbladder carcinoma presenting as a primary ovarian tumor in two women: Two case reports and a review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kumar, Yashwant ^a   Chahal, Alka ^c   Garg, Monika ^c   Bhutani, Anjali ^b  

^a The Pines   (India)

^b Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine   (India)

^c MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OCCULT CANCER; OMENTECTOMY; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

EID: 77954045137     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-202     Document Type: Article

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