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Case Report

Managing Growing Teratoma Syndrome: New Insights and Clinical Applications

Srdjan Saso1 Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK;2 Department of Surgery & Cancer, Institute of Reproductive & Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nicolas Galazis1 Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5825-2938
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Christos Iacovou1 Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Kleio Kappatou1 Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Menelaos Tzafetas1 Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Benjamin Jones1 Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK;2 Department of Surgery & Cancer, Institute of Reproductive & Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Joseph Yazbek1 Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Konstantinos Lathouras1 Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Jonathan Anderson3 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Long R Jiao4 Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Division of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Richard J Smith1 Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Article: FSO419 | Received 23 Jun 2019, Accepted 02 Sep 2019, Published online: 10 Oct 2019

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