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Serous Borderline Tumour of the Fallopian Tube: A Case Report

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Though serous borderline tumour of ovary is a fairly common occurrence, the tubal origin of this entity is far less seen. We report here a case of serous borderline tumour of fallopian tube managed surgically.

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    Shweta Rai, Indu Arun, Dweep Jindal, Souptik Gangopadhyay, Rohit Tapadia & Jaydeep Bhaumik

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SR, first and corresponding author, contributed to conceptualisation, patient care, drafting and writing the manuscript; IA helped in investigating and reviewing the manuscript; DJ and SG contributed to methodology and patient care; RT helped in investigating; and JB contributed to patient care, supervising and reviewing the manuscript.

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Rai, S., Arun, I., Jindal, D. et al. Serous Borderline Tumour of the Fallopian Tube: A Case Report. Indian J Gynecol Oncolog 17, 61 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40944-019-0304-3

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