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Tubal Cytology of the Fallopian Tube as a Promising Tool for Ovarian Cancer Early Detection
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Serous cystadenoma of borderline malignancy arising in a parovarian paramesonephric cyst
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain.
European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
|October 3, 2006
Abstract
Background:
Borderline parovarian tumors are found incidentally at surgery or autopsy. They are extremely rare. The majority have been reported in young women and rarely are they large enough to be clinically significant.
Case:
A 53-year-old multiparous female with a symptomatic paraovarian serous borderline cystadenoma is presented.
Discussion:
The clinical aspects and subsequent management of related cases are discussed.
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