Growing Teratoma Syndrome: An Asian Woman with Immature Teratoma of Left Ovary After Chemotherapy
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Spontaneous Growing Syndrome of an Immature Teratoma
Background: Immature teratomas of the ovary represent less than 1% of all ovarian teratomas. Growing teratoma syndrome is an increase of tumor size containing a mature teratoma component, during or after chemotherapy for
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عنوان ژورنال: Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1028-4559
DOI: 10.1016/s1028-4559(09)60285-0