Pseudomyxoma Peritonei arising from a mucinous borderline ovarian tumour: Case report and literature review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-403

  Saluja, Manmeet ^a   Kenwright, Diane N ^a   Keating, John P ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

appendiceal neoplasms; mucinous cystadenocarcinoma; ovarian neoplasms; peritoneal neoplasms; Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; MUCIN 2; PACLITAXEL; VILLIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OVARY TUMOR; PAIN; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SPLENECTOMY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APPENDIX; CARBOPLATIN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PACLITAXEL; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI;

EID: 77955756834     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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