Ovarian Tuberculosis masquerading as ovarian cancer in HIV infected patient: a plea to avoid unnecessary surgery

Female patients who present with adnexial mass and weight loss should not be presumed to have ovarian carcinoma until after extensive investigation. This is to avoid the mistake of radical surgery with its attendant morbidity and mortality. An important disease to consider in our environment is ovar...

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Autores principales: Denue, Ballah Akawu, Kwayabura, Salisu Aliyu, Ngadda, Haruna Asura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25829975
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.210.5072

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25829975
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.210.5072

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