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Implantation metastasis alongside an intraperitoneal chemotherapy catheter in ovarian carcinoma

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An elderly woman with recurrent ovarian malignancy was treated with intraperitoneal chemotherapy, administered via a subcutaneously buried catheter. She developed the unusual complication of a metastasis along the course of this catheter.

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  1. Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, 52242-1077, Iowa City, IA, USA

    N. G. Warnock & M. Riley

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Warnock, N.G., Riley, M. Implantation metastasis alongside an intraperitoneal chemotherapy catheter in ovarian carcinoma. Abdom Imaging 20, 262–263 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200411

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