Tuba ovarian abscesses formation from decidualized ovarian endometrioma after appendiceal endometriosis presenting as acute appendicitis in pregnancy

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-278

  Dogan, Erbil ^a   Okyay, Emre ^a   Saatli, Bahadir ^a   Olgan, Safak ^a   Sarioglu, Sulen ^a   Koyuncuoglu, Meral ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Deciduosis; Endometriosis; Tuba ovarian abscess

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 7;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; SALPINGECTOMY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

EID: 84865627019     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: 20082177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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