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An Ex Vivo Model of Ovarian Cancer Peritoneal Metastasis Using Human Omentum
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Leiomyosarcoma of the right ovarian vein
Massimo Chiarugi1, Eleonora Pressi, Rudy Mancini
1Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. m.chiarugi@dc.med.unipi.it
American Journal of Surgery
|February 17, 2009
Abstract:
The case of a 70-year-old patient with a leiomyosarcoma of the right ovarian vein is presented. For this rare entity, complete surgical excision is believed to offer the best chance of cure.
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