Ovarian small cell carcinoma complicated by carcinomatous meningitis

Meningeal metastasis is rare in the clinical course of ovarian carcinoma and its prognosis is extremely poor. We experienced a case of carcinomatous meningitis from metastatic ovarian small cell carcinoma. A 33-year-old woman with atypical genital bleeding, was diagnosed with a right ovarian tumor a...

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Main Authors: Naoko Kira, Noriyuki Takai, Terukazu Ishii, Kentaro Kai, Masakazu Nishida, Kaei Nasu, Kenji Kashima, Hisashi Narahara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-05-01
Series:Rare Tumors
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/4268