Acute appendicitis caused by endometriosis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Laskou, Styliani ^a   Papavramidis, Theodossis S ^a   Cheva, Angeliki ^a   Michalopoulos, Nick ^a   Koulouris, Charilaos ^a   Kesisoglou, Isaak ^a   Papavramidis, Spiros ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953793790     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-144     Document Type: Article

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