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Pneumoperitoneum caused by tubo-ovarian abscess in an elderly patient

Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract may present with abdominal pain and imaging demonstrating pneumoperitoneum. These findings usually require exploratory laparotomy for diagnosis and treatment. Tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) is a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease presenting as an encaps...

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Autores principales: Aguilera, Fabiola, Dabiri, Tajudeen O, Farkas, Daniel T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30093992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy191