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[Carcinoma of the fallopian tube after prophylactic laparoscopic ovariectomy in a patient with a BRCAI mutation].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 3 May 2003
Dijkhuizen F P H L J, Huisman A, Boonstra H, Aalders A L
Abstract excerpt
A 48-year-old woman with a distended abdomen appeared to have ascites and was admitted to the gynaecological ward. At the age of 31 years she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had undergone surgical breast conservation of the right breast. There was a history of both ovarian cancer and breast cancer in her family. Genetic evaluation showed that she was carrying a BRCAI germline mutation. At the age of 42...
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