Schistosoma mansoni: An unusual cause of ovarian pseudotumor

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-143

  Batista, Thales Paulo ^a,b   De Andrade, José Júlio Romão ^a   Da Fonte Filho, Luiz Antonio Magnata ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b ACF Santo Amaro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ectopic schistosomiasis; Female genital schistosomiasis; Manson's schistosomiasis; Ovarian pseudotumor; Ovary; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

OXAMNIQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDOTUMOR; RECURRENT DISEASE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 71449100988     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1091-3     Document Type: Article

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