Sertoliform Endometrioid Carcinoma of Ovary Presenting as Abdominal Wall Abscess

Sertoliform endometrioid carcinoma (SEC) is a rare epithelial ovarian cancer which may be mistaken for sex cord tumour on microscopy. Immunohistochemistry and extensive sampling of tumour to look for areas of conventional endometrioid carcinoma are important to confirm the diagnosis of SEC. We repor...

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Autores principales: Subbaiah, Murali, Dorairajan, Gowri, Badhe, Bhawana A., Stephen, Norton S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30692822
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_47_18
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author Subbaiah, Murali
Dorairajan, Gowri
Badhe, Bhawana A.
Stephen, Norton S.
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description Sertoliform endometrioid carcinoma (SEC) is a rare epithelial ovarian cancer which may be mistaken for sex cord tumour on microscopy. Immunohistochemistry and extensive sampling of tumour to look for areas of conventional endometrioid carcinoma are important to confirm the diagnosis of SEC. We report a case of SEC of ovary in a postmenopausal lady who presented to us with abdominal wall abscess in epigastric region.
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spelling pubmed-63327252019-01-28 Sertoliform Endometrioid Carcinoma of Ovary Presenting as Abdominal Wall Abscess Subbaiah, Murali Dorairajan, Gowri Badhe, Bhawana A. Stephen, Norton S. J Midlife Health Case Report Sertoliform endometrioid carcinoma (SEC) is a rare epithelial ovarian cancer which may be mistaken for sex cord tumour on microscopy. Immunohistochemistry and extensive sampling of tumour to look for areas of conventional endometrioid carcinoma are important to confirm the diagnosis of SEC. We report a case of SEC of ovary in a postmenopausal lady who presented to us with abdominal wall abscess in epigastric region. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6332725/ /pubmed/30692822 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_47_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Mid-life Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Sertoliform Endometrioid Carcinoma of Ovary Presenting as Abdominal Wall Abscess
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title_full Sertoliform Endometrioid Carcinoma of Ovary Presenting as Abdominal Wall Abscess
title_fullStr Sertoliform Endometrioid Carcinoma of Ovary Presenting as Abdominal Wall Abscess
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title_short Sertoliform Endometrioid Carcinoma of Ovary Presenting as Abdominal Wall Abscess
title_sort sertoliform endometrioid carcinoma of ovary presenting as abdominal wall abscess
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30692822
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_47_18
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