Patient with pelvic pains: retroperitoneal fibrosis or pelvic endometriosis? A case report and review of literature

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1497.e9-1497.e12

  Pezzuto, Antonio ^a   Pomini, Paola ^b   Steinkasserer, Martin ^b   Nardelli, Giovanni Battista ^a   Minelli, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; hydroureteronephrosis; retroperitoneal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROURETER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URETEROSCOPY;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

EID: 70349445287     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.982     Document Type: Article

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