Scar endometriosis presenting as an acute abdomen: A case report

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 164-165

  Khoo, Joon Joon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXCISION; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPHADENITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; CICATRIX; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0037516994     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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