High-Grade Serous Tumor Arising from Fallopian Tube in a BRCA Mutation Carrier after Prophylactic Oophorectomy
We present the case of a 67-year-old patient with a BRCA1 mutation and breast cancer who underwent prophylactic oophorectomy. After 6 years, an abdominal computed tomography revealed a pelvic mass which proved to be a poorly differentiated serous carcinoma originating from the right residual tube wh...
Main Authors: | Domenica Lorusso, Roberta Di Rocco, Maria Mancini, Francesco Raspagliesi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2013-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/346339 |
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