Metastatic hepatoid carcinoma of ovarian origin - a case report from northern Pakistan

• Hepatoid carcinoma of the ovary is rapidly progressing rare epithelial ovarian tumor. • The term ‘hepatoid’ refers to the morphological resemblance with hepatocellular carcinoma. • Final diagnosis is made via positive staining for alpha fetoprotein along with immunohistochemistry; • Combination ch...

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Autores principales: Mahmood, Humera, Fatima, Hadia, Faheem, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28664180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.05.007
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description • Hepatoid carcinoma of the ovary is rapidly progressing rare epithelial ovarian tumor. • The term ‘hepatoid’ refers to the morphological resemblance with hepatocellular carcinoma. • Final diagnosis is made via positive staining for alpha fetoprotein along with immunohistochemistry; • Combination chemotherapy can be considered superior over the targeted agents while treating this tumor.
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spelling pubmed-54799492017-06-29 Metastatic hepatoid carcinoma of ovarian origin - a case report from northern Pakistan Mahmood, Humera Fatima, Hadia Faheem, Mohammad Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • Hepatoid carcinoma of the ovary is rapidly progressing rare epithelial ovarian tumor. • The term ‘hepatoid’ refers to the morphological resemblance with hepatocellular carcinoma. • Final diagnosis is made via positive staining for alpha fetoprotein along with immunohistochemistry; • Combination chemotherapy can be considered superior over the targeted agents while treating this tumor. Elsevier 2017-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5479949/ /pubmed/28664180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.05.007 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Metastatic hepatoid carcinoma of ovarian origin - a case report from northern Pakistan
title_full Metastatic hepatoid carcinoma of ovarian origin - a case report from northern Pakistan
title_fullStr Metastatic hepatoid carcinoma of ovarian origin - a case report from northern Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic hepatoid carcinoma of ovarian origin - a case report from northern Pakistan
title_short Metastatic hepatoid carcinoma of ovarian origin - a case report from northern Pakistan
title_sort metastatic hepatoid carcinoma of ovarian origin - a case report from northern pakistan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28664180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.05.007
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