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Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India 1/2019

01-04-2019 | Case Report

Xanthogranulomatous oophoritis: a diagnostic dilemma

Authors: Natarajan Jayashree, K. Shobha, U. D. Bafna

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Special Issue 1/2019

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Xanthogranulomatous oophoritis is a rare diagnosis in patients with ovarian mass. Patients with xanthogranulomatous oophoritis present with mass per abdomen with imaging suggestive of malignancy sometimes even invading surrounding structures. Tumour markers for ovarian malignancy serum Ca 125 values may be marginally raised. These common features of xanthogranulomatous oophoritis with malignancies of ovaries have given it a special name pseudotumour of ovary. …
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Metadata
Title
Xanthogranulomatous oophoritis: a diagnostic dilemma
Authors
Natarajan Jayashree
K. Shobha
U. D. Bafna
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue Special Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-017-0967-6

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