ABDOMINAL-WALL METASTASES AFTER SURGICAL RESECTION OF AN IMMATURE TERATOMA OF THE OVARY

Citation
Jm. Swartjes et al., ABDOMINAL-WALL METASTASES AFTER SURGICAL RESECTION OF AN IMMATURE TERATOMA OF THE OVARY, European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, 74(1), 1997, pp. 41-43
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology","Obsetric & Gynecology
ISSN journal
03012115
Volume
74
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
41 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-2115(1997)74:1<41:AMASRO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In this case report the diagnostic process is discussed leading to a r ather late correct diagnosis of immature teratoma. The authors advice preoperative determination of alpha-fetoprotein in all women with ovar ian tumours under 40 years of age. The limitations for pathologists to assess immaturity within a teratoma are stressed. (C) 1997 Elsevier S cience Ireland Ltd.