Endometriosis of the vermiform appendix as an exceptional cause of acute perforated appendicitis during pregnancy

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 518-519

  Faucheron, Jean Luc ^a   Pasquier, D ^b   Voirin, D ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NAUSEA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 43649106093     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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