Abdominal wall endometrioma: A case report and review of the literature

AORN Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 730-745

  Nissotakis, Christos ^a   Zouros, Efstratios ^a   Revelos, Kyriakos ^a   Sakorafas, George H ^a,b  

^a 251 GENERAL AIR FORCE HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall mass; Endometrioma; Endometriosis; Rectus abdominus

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954848677     PISSN: 00012092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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