A huge mucinous cystadenoma of ovarian: a rare case report and review of the literature

Autor: Alberto Posabella, Ken Galetti, Stephan Engelberger, Luca Giovannacci, Thomas Gyr, Raffaele Rosso
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Rare Tumors, Vol 6, Iss 2 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2036-3605
2036-3613
DOI: 10.4081/rt.2014.5225
Popis: We report a case of a 63-years-old woman with a ten years history of increasing abdominal girth with associated abdominal pain. Abdomino-pelvic ultrasound and computed tomography scan revealed a large left ovarian cyst. The patient underwent laparotomy, resection of ovarian cyst and hysterectomy with bilateral ovarian resection. The removed huge mucinous cystadenoma, weighed 27 kg. Her post-operative course was unremarkable.
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