Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 5 , Pages 233-235 , May 2006

Umbilicus as the Only Site of Metastasis in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

  • Hsiao-Wen Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chiou-Chung Yuan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine
    • ,
  • Peng-Hui Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine
    • Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Peng-Hui Wang, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 12 August 2005 ,Accepted 28 December 2005.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70225-4

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70225-4

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 5 , Pages 233-235 , May 2006

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