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. 2004 Jun;12(2):87–89. doi: 10.1080/10647440400003568

Case report of a pelvic-peritoneal tuberculosis presenting as an adnexial mass and mimicking ovarian cancer, and a review of the literature.

Adil Hakan Ilhan 1, Fatih Durmuşoğlu 1
PMCID: PMC1784595  PMID: 15739822

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