Intraperitoneal haemorrhage secondary to perforation of uterine fibroid after cystic degeneration. Unusual CT findings resembling malignant pelvic tumor: Case report

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 565-568

  Varras, M ^b   Antoniou, S ^b   Samara, Ch ^b   Frakala, S ^b   Angelidou Manika, Z ^a   Paissios, P ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*

Author keywords

Computered tomography; Cystic degeneration; Fibroid; Haemoperitoneum; Rupture; Uterine myoma; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; NAUSEA; NULLIPARA; PELVIS CANCER; PERITONEAL FLUID; SYMPTOM; TISSUE DEGENERATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PERFORATION; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036955204     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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