Endometrioma of the abdominal wall masquerading as hernia [2]

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 621-622

  Applebaum, Geoffrey D ^a   Iwanczyk, Lukasz ^a   Balingit, Peter B ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPAREUNIA; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EXCISION REPAIR; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS;

EID: 12444310803     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.08.005     Document Type: Letter

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