Endometrioid ovarian cancer arising from an endometriotic cyst in a young patient

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-325

  Zygouris, D ^a   Leontara, V ^a   Makris, G M ^a   Chrelias, C ^a   Trakakis, E ^a   Christodoulaki, Ch ^b   Panagopoulos, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Endometriosis associated cancer; Ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CYST; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMENTECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863609851     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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