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Wolf in lamb's skin: Vulval carcinoma mimicking bartholin gland abscess

Vulvar cancer is a rare malignancy, representing approximately 4% of the female genital tract malignancies. This case emphasizes the importance of considering the unusual diagnosis of vulval cancer in a young woman when confronted with a large or recurrent Bartholin gland lesion, and underlines the...

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Autores principales: Nayak, Ashwini U, Sundari, N, Nandini, G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938116
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.55489
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description Vulvar cancer is a rare malignancy, representing approximately 4% of the female genital tract malignancies. This case emphasizes the importance of considering the unusual diagnosis of vulval cancer in a young woman when confronted with a large or recurrent Bartholin gland lesion, and underlines the need for careful pathological examination of such specimens.
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spelling pubmed-31680412011-09-21 Wolf in lamb's skin: Vulval carcinoma mimicking bartholin gland abscess Nayak, Ashwini U Sundari, N Nandini, G Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report Vulvar cancer is a rare malignancy, representing approximately 4% of the female genital tract malignancies. This case emphasizes the importance of considering the unusual diagnosis of vulval cancer in a young woman when confronted with a large or recurrent Bartholin gland lesion, and underlines the need for careful pathological examination of such specimens. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3168041/ /pubmed/21938116 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.55489 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Wolf in lamb's skin: Vulval carcinoma mimicking bartholin gland abscess
title_fullStr Wolf in lamb's skin: Vulval carcinoma mimicking bartholin gland abscess
title_full_unstemmed Wolf in lamb's skin: Vulval carcinoma mimicking bartholin gland abscess
title_short Wolf in lamb's skin: Vulval carcinoma mimicking bartholin gland abscess
title_sort wolf in lamb's skin: vulval carcinoma mimicking bartholin gland abscess
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938116
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