Postpartum pyomyoma

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 826-828

  Mason, Tina C ^a,b   Adair, Jamie ^a,b   Lee, Yi Chun ^a,b  

^a Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center ^*

^b BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Leiomyoma; Pyomyoma

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METRITIS; NAUSEA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; PUS; PYOMYOMA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SUPPURATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20344388801     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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