Endometriosis of extra-pelvic round ligament, a diagnostic dilemma for physicians

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Prabhu, Raghunath ^a   Krishna, Sunil ^a   Shenoy, Rajgopal ^a   Thangavelu, Siddharth ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CYST; DESMOID TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LIPOMA; LYMPHOMA; MULTIPARA; NEUROFIBROMA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84886649460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200465     Document Type: Article

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