Autoimmune oophoritis: a case report
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Autoimmune oophoritis--a case report.
A case is described of an autoimmune oophoritis that was diagnosed unexpectedly after a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy had been performed on the suspicion of ovarian cysts. The patient was a 43-year-old multiparous woman who presented with vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal pain which she had had for one month. Grossly, the ovaries were enlarged and multicystic. The cysts me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Medical Science
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1011-8934,1598-6357
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.1992.7.3.284