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Hydronephrosis Due to Bilateral Tubo-ovarian Abscess

A 27-year-old female presented to the emergency department with fevers, nausea, chills, and non-specific bilateral lower quadrant abdominal pain. A pregnancy test was negative. Computed tomography demonstrated moderate left hydronephrosis secondary to tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA). The abscess was so l...

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Autores principales: Fite, Emily, Fitzgerald, Jennifer, Kistenfeger, Quinn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7012543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32064438
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.10.44568
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description A 27-year-old female presented to the emergency department with fevers, nausea, chills, and non-specific bilateral lower quadrant abdominal pain. A pregnancy test was negative. Computed tomography demonstrated moderate left hydronephrosis secondary to tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA). The abscess was so large it distorted local anatomy and compressed the ureters. She was prescribed merepenem and admitted for care by obstetrics/gynecology.
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spelling pubmed-70125432020-02-14 Hydronephrosis Due to Bilateral Tubo-ovarian Abscess Fite, Emily Fitzgerald, Jennifer Kistenfeger, Quinn Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine A 27-year-old female presented to the emergency department with fevers, nausea, chills, and non-specific bilateral lower quadrant abdominal pain. A pregnancy test was negative. Computed tomography demonstrated moderate left hydronephrosis secondary to tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA). The abscess was so large it distorted local anatomy and compressed the ureters. She was prescribed merepenem and admitted for care by obstetrics/gynecology. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7012543/ /pubmed/32064438 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.10.44568 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Fite et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Hydronephrosis Due to Bilateral Tubo-ovarian Abscess
title Hydronephrosis Due to Bilateral Tubo-ovarian Abscess
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title_fullStr Hydronephrosis Due to Bilateral Tubo-ovarian Abscess
title_full_unstemmed Hydronephrosis Due to Bilateral Tubo-ovarian Abscess
title_short Hydronephrosis Due to Bilateral Tubo-ovarian Abscess
title_sort hydronephrosis due to bilateral tubo-ovarian abscess
topic Images in Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7012543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32064438
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.10.44568
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