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Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal
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Year: 2015   |   Volume: 4   |   Issue: 2   |   Page: 223-225     View issue

Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma of Ovary in Preadolescence: An Ordinary Tumor but at an Unexpected Age


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Abstract

Malignant epithelial ovarian tumors are common in adult women, but are rare in childhood. Especially, mucinous ovarian cystadenocarcinoma are extremely rare in pediatric age group, only a limited number of cases are reported in this age group till date with no case reported in preadolescence age in the literature. We describe a case of mucinous cystadenocarcinoma in eleven year old premenarchal girl presenting with symptoms of abdominal distension and respiratory distress from last three months.

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Nangal J, Narayan S, Kapoor A, Purohit R, Kumar H. Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma of Ovary in Preadolescence: An Ordinary Tumor but at an Unexpected Age. Clin Cancer Investig J. 2015;4(2):223-5. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.148909
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Nangal, J., Narayan, S., Kapoor, A., Purohit, R., & Kumar, H. (2015). Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma of Ovary in Preadolescence: An Ordinary Tumor but at an Unexpected Age. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 4(2), 223-225. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.148909

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