Engin KELKİTLİ, Memiş ATAY, Bahiddin YILMAZ, Levent YLDIZ, Mehmet TURGUT

Primary ovarian lymphoma detected during tubal ligation

Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
Başlangıç: 1980
Yayıncı: Ondokuz mayıs Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

Lymphomatous involvement of the ovary is rare. Involvement is either primary or secondary. The most common clinical features are abdominal and pelvic complaints. We here present a case of a 38 years old woman without any symptoms, that we have found incidentally, a rare case of primary ovarian lymphoma.

Keywords:

Incidentally, Lymphoma, Ovary, Tubal Ligation,

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