Acta Med. 2020, 63: 49-51

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2020.15

An Alternative Treatment for Vaginal Cuff Wart: a Case Report

Victoria Psomiadou, Christos Iavazzo, Athanasios Douligeris, Alexandros Fotiou, Anastasia Prodromidou, Nikolaos Blontzos, Evgenia Karavioti, George Vorgias

Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Metaxa Memorial Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

Received April 17, 2019
Accepted December 4, 2019

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