Carcinoid Syndrome Due to Carcinoid Tumour of the Ovary
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Argentaffin carcinoma (carcinoid tumour) of ovary.
Carcinoid tumours arising in cystic teratomata of the ovary have been observed by Stewart, Willis, and de Saram (1939), Gabrilove (1941), Blackwell and Dockerty (1946), Mitchell and Diamond (1949), Martin, Feroldi, and Cabanne (1956), and Falkmer (1956). A carcinoid tumour developing in a cystic teratoma of the testis was noted by Simon, McDonald, and Culp (1954). Hartz (1945), who described a ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5422.1440