MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, KAMPALA, AND THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE, UGANDA 'IDIOPATHIC' multiple pigmented sarcoma of the skin was first described by Kaposi in 1872. It is a malignant tumour made up of spindle cells, endothelial cells, and histiocytes in varying proportions. It is thought that these deri
Ovarian cancer in women given diethylstilboestrol in pregnancy: Two case reports
β Scribed by Ilan Cohen; Marco Altaras; Richard Jaffe; S. Markov; Mario Corduba; Noah Ben Aderet
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Volume
- 152
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3417
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β¦ Synopsis
Two cases of ovarian cancer that developed many years after exposure to large dozes of diethylstilboestrol during pregnancy are reported. This paper is the first such cases reported.
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