Sensitivity of ultrasound for the diagnosis of Tubo-Ovarian abscess: A case report and literature review

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-175

  Lee, David C ^a   Swaminathan, Anand K ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

pelvic inflammatory disease; transvaginal ultrasound; tubo ovarian abscess

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; URINALYSIS; ABSCESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; OVARY DISEASE; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79751537547     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.02.033     Document Type: Article

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