OVARIAN-CANCER AND UNILATERAL NEVOID TELANGIECTASIA - A RARE ASSOCIATION

Authors
PRANTEDA G GUELI N INNOCENZI D ZIA N ARCIERI A CARMENINI G
Citation
G. Pranteda et al., OVARIAN-CANCER AND UNILATERAL NEVOID TELANGIECTASIA - A RARE ASSOCIATION, Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research, 16(1), 1997, pp. 71-73
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research → ACNP
ISSN journal
03929078
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
71 - 73
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-9078(1997)16:1<71:OAUNT->2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The Authors describe the case of a 58-year-old woman affected by eryth ematous telangiectasis lesions on the antero-lateral surface of the ri ght hip during papillary serous cystoadenocarcinoma of the right ovary . The diagnosis, based on clinical and histological findings, was unil ateral naevoid telangiectasia. After a review of literature the Author s assume a possible role of the oestrogens in the pathogenesis of such infrequent disease.