Cornual abscess rupture: A rare etiology of acute abdomen

Ruptured cornual abscess or pyometra can resemble other more common causes of acute abdomen, including appendicitis, diverticulitis, tubo‐ovarian abscess, and perforated viscus. Despite its rarity, the diagnosis of ruptured pyometra should always be considered in females presenting with acute abdomi...

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Autores principales: Patil, Pooja, Lua, Lannah L., Brar, Bobby, Froehlich, Mary, Planinic, Petar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1855
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author Patil, Pooja
Lua, Lannah L.
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description Ruptured cornual abscess or pyometra can resemble other more common causes of acute abdomen, including appendicitis, diverticulitis, tubo‐ovarian abscess, and perforated viscus. Despite its rarity, the diagnosis of ruptured pyometra should always be considered in females presenting with acute abdominal pain, particularly in the setting of a retained intrauterine device.
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spelling pubmed-62931562018-12-18 Cornual abscess rupture: A rare etiology of acute abdomen Patil, Pooja Lua, Lannah L. Brar, Bobby Froehlich, Mary Planinic, Petar Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Ruptured cornual abscess or pyometra can resemble other more common causes of acute abdomen, including appendicitis, diverticulitis, tubo‐ovarian abscess, and perforated viscus. Despite its rarity, the diagnosis of ruptured pyometra should always be considered in females presenting with acute abdominal pain, particularly in the setting of a retained intrauterine device. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6293156/ /pubmed/30564358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1855 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cornual abscess rupture: A rare etiology of acute abdomen
title Cornual abscess rupture: A rare etiology of acute abdomen
title_full Cornual abscess rupture: A rare etiology of acute abdomen
title_fullStr Cornual abscess rupture: A rare etiology of acute abdomen
title_full_unstemmed Cornual abscess rupture: A rare etiology of acute abdomen
title_short Cornual abscess rupture: A rare etiology of acute abdomen
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1855
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