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Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Gynecologic Cancer
Published on: April 17, 2012
[Emergencies in oncological gynaecology]
J C Muruzábal1, S Aguirre, F J Elizalde
1Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, 31008, Spain. jcmuruzabal@hotmail.com
Abstract:
This article describes the signs for suspecting neoplasia that lead the patient to come to the Accident and Emergency Service, concentrating on genital bleeding, pelvic mass and vulvar pruritus. Patients can also come due to processes resulting from complications of the disease, such as urethral obstruction, carcinomatosis, ascites, thromboembolic processes, haemorrhages, constipation, nausea and vomiting, intestinal obstruction and pain. Finally, we describe complications that are secondary to the treatment, such as abdominal and inguinal lymphocele and post-radiotherapy enteritis and proctitis.
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