Diverticulitis mimicking a tuboovarian abscess: Report of a case in a young woman

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 921-923

  Naliboff, Jay A ^a,b   Longmire Cook, Sarah J ^a  

^a Franklin Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b Box 432 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

abscess; colonic; diverticulitis; fallopian tube diseases; ovarian diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDECTOMY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; COLON; COLOSTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 0030475277     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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