Abdominal wall endometriosis: Report of two cases

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-555

  Gourgiotis, S ^a   Veloudis, G ^a   Pallas, N ^a   Lagos, P ^a   Salemis, N S ^a   Villias, C ^a  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Endometriosis; Rectus abdominis muscle; Surgical scar

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SCAR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS;

EID: 70449956741     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: 20668279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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