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Clinical case of the month. Constipation and abdominal mass syndrome in a 51-year-old patient
Detrembleur N , Delbecque K , Thiry A , Boniver J , Herens C , Delvenne P
Rev Med Liege 2002, 57(11),688-691Abstract : A 51-year old patient consults for abdominal swelling and persistent constipation. Clinical exploration shows the presence of a left iliac fossa tumor corresponding to a papillary serous adenocarcinoma of the fallopian tube after macroscopic and microscopic examination. The diagnostic and therapeutic problems caused by this rare gynecologic tumor are discussed