Tragically, massive ovarian oedema mimics malignancy
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Tragically, massive ovarian oedema mimics malignancy.
An 11-year old girl, who had undergone left oophorec tomy 2 years previously, was admitted to hospital with abdominal pain and fever of 2 days' duration. She had attained menarche 3 months previously. An abdominal mass with ascites detected on examination corresponded to a massive haemorrhagic right ovarian mass at surgery. Abdominal hysterectomy, right salpingo-oophorectomy and omentectomy we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v46i1.6521