Hemoperitoneum caused by the rupture of a giant ovarian teratoma in a 9 year-old female. Case report and literature review

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-144

  Candela, Giancarlo ^a   Di Libero, Lorenzo ^a   Varriale, Sergio ^a   Manetta, Fiorenza ^a   Napolitano, Salvatore ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Hemoperitoneum; Ovarian teratoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RUPTURE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349763275     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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