Paraovarian tumor of borderline malignancy: a case report

• Author(s): Areia, AL ; Frutuoso, C ; Amaral, N ; Dias, I ; Oliveira, CF
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/128
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Neoplasias do Ovário; Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Ginecológicos; Cistadenocarcinoma Seroso
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

A case of a 23-year-old woman with a paraovarian tumor is presented. The patient complained of pelvic pain and abdominal swelling. Cystectomy was the initial surgical treatment, but after the histological diagnosis, a staging surgery was carried out. The clinical aspects and subsequent management of related cases are discussed, and a literature review is made.