Malignant melanoma ovarian metastasis mimicking acute tuboovarian abscess

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 582-584

  Fenzl, V ^a,b   Prkacin, I ^a,c   Skrtic, A ^a,c  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b University of Applied Health Studies   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Ovarian metastasis; Ovarian tumor

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OMENTECTOMY; OVARY METASTASIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81255198775     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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