Massive ascites as a presentation in a young woman with endometriosis: a case report

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2015.e17-2015.e19

  Sait, Khalid H ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ascites; Endometriosis; ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; GONADORELIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CYSTECTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 55149103522     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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