Pituitary hCG production and cerebral tuberculosis mimicking disease progression during chemotherapy for an advanced ovarian germ cell tumour

BACKGROUND: Ovarian germ cell tumours (OGCT) are rare but are usually curable with chemotherapy, even when presenting with advanced disease. The majority of OGCT produce the tumour markers, hCG and/or AFP which can be helpful in the diagnosis and monitoring the response to treatment. CASE PRESENTATI...

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Autores principales: Rakha, Serena, Bayliss, Clare, Sanderson, Frances, Smith, Richard, Seckl, Michael, Savage, Philip
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20587067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-10-338

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20587067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-10-338

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