Infectious Diseases Mimicking Ovarian Carcinomatosis
Journal Title: Clinical Medical Reviews and Case Reports - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Two Filopina women presented with abdominal distension and had evaluations suggestive of advanced gynecologic malignancy. The first patient underwent surgery and was found to have peritoneal tuberculosis. Intra-operative pathology from the second case revealed ovarian carcinoma with schistosomal granulomas of the intestines.
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