Ruptured tuboovarian abscess causing peritonitis in a postmenopausal woman. A difficult diagnosis on imaging

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 72-73

  De Temmerman, G ^a   Villeirs, G M ^b   Verstraete, K L ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abscess; Pelvic organs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; PERITONITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0037726422     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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