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Simultaneous acute appendicitis and ectopic pregnancy

The acute abdomen in pregnancy is a surgical emergency. Ectopic pregnancy and appendicitis are two causes of acute abdomen in pregnancy. Difficulties in correctly identifying the cause of the pain can be hazardous to the patient and care needs to be taken in obtaining a prompt and accurate diagnosis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ankouz, Amal, Ousadden, Abdelmalek, Majdoub, Karim Ibn, Chouaib, Ali, Maazaz, Khalid, Taleb, Khalid Ait
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561956
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.44683
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Sumario:The acute abdomen in pregnancy is a surgical emergency. Ectopic pregnancy and appendicitis are two causes of acute abdomen in pregnancy. Difficulties in correctly identifying the cause of the pain can be hazardous to the patient and care needs to be taken in obtaining a prompt and accurate diagnosis enabling the most appropriate management. The case presented here underlies the pathogenesis of the simultaneous existence of these two conditions in a patient.