Implantation metastasis alongside an intraperitoneal chemotherapy catheter in ovarian carcinoma

Abdominal Imaging - Tập 20 - Trang 262-263 - 1995
N. G. Warnock1, M. Riley1
1Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USA

Tóm tắt

An elderly woman with recurrent ovarian malignancy was treated with intraperitoneal chemotherapy, administered via a subcutaneously buried catheter. She developed the unusual complication of a metastasis along the course of this catheter.

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