Bilateral Pyosalpinx Due to a 16-Year-Old Intrauterine Device Presented as Appendicitis

Pyosalpinx is the collection of pus in the fallopian tube. Pyosalpinx usually follows pelvic inflammatory disease, sexually transmitted disease, or rarely non-sexually transmitted infection. This is the first-ever report of bilateral pyosalpinx due to intrauterine device in situ for the past 16 year...

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Autor principal: Othman, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10695003/
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48257
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description Pyosalpinx is the collection of pus in the fallopian tube. Pyosalpinx usually follows pelvic inflammatory disease, sexually transmitted disease, or rarely non-sexually transmitted infection. This is the first-ever report of bilateral pyosalpinx due to intrauterine device in situ for the past 16 years, which presented as appendicitis. Pyosalpinx should be considered in female patients with lower abdominal pain.
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spelling pubmed-106950032023-12-05 Bilateral Pyosalpinx Due to a 16-Year-Old Intrauterine Device Presented as Appendicitis Othman, Mohammad Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Pyosalpinx is the collection of pus in the fallopian tube. Pyosalpinx usually follows pelvic inflammatory disease, sexually transmitted disease, or rarely non-sexually transmitted infection. This is the first-ever report of bilateral pyosalpinx due to intrauterine device in situ for the past 16 years, which presented as appendicitis. Pyosalpinx should be considered in female patients with lower abdominal pain. Cureus 2023-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10695003/ http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48257 Text en Copyright © 2023, Othman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Bilateral Pyosalpinx Due to a 16-Year-Old Intrauterine Device Presented as Appendicitis
title Bilateral Pyosalpinx Due to a 16-Year-Old Intrauterine Device Presented as Appendicitis
title_full Bilateral Pyosalpinx Due to a 16-Year-Old Intrauterine Device Presented as Appendicitis
title_fullStr Bilateral Pyosalpinx Due to a 16-Year-Old Intrauterine Device Presented as Appendicitis
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Pyosalpinx Due to a 16-Year-Old Intrauterine Device Presented as Appendicitis
title_short Bilateral Pyosalpinx Due to a 16-Year-Old Intrauterine Device Presented as Appendicitis
title_sort bilateral pyosalpinx due to a 16-year-old intrauterine device presented as appendicitis
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10695003/
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48257
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