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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2013; 34(02): 134-135
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.116222
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Fatal hematogenous relapse of mucinous borderline ovarian tumor of intestinal type

A Robert Louis
Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Sector 5 Rohini, New Delhi, India
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Sunil Kumar Gupta
Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Sector 5 Rohini, New Delhi, India
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Chandra Gouda
Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Sector 5 Rohini, New Delhi, India
,
Gurudutt Gupta
Department of Pathology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Sector 5 Rohini, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

We describe an unusual case of fatal hematogenous relapse of borderline mucinous ovarian tumour of intestinal type after three years of primary optimal cytoreduction with dissemination to liver, bones and lymphangitic pattern of spread in lungs with resistance to standard chemotherapy.

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Chemoresitant - hematogenous relapse - mucinous borderline ovarian tumor


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20 July 2021

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