Pelvic splenosis mimicking endometriosis, causing low abdominal mass and pain

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1683-1685

  Zitzer, Peer ^a   Pansky, Moti ^a   Maymon, Ron ^a   Langer, Rami ^a   Bukovsky, Lan ^a   Golan, Avi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Endometriosis; Laparoscopy; Pelvic splenosis; Pelvic tumour

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0031805928     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.6.1683     Document Type: Article

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