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Deciduosis of the appendix: a rare cause of acute abdomen during pregnancy (a case report)

Appendectomy is the most common non-obstetric surgical intervention in pregnant patients. In rare cases, deciduosis can develop during pregnancy in the appendix and cause inflammation through appendiceal occlusion by ectopic decidua tissue. We report a 28-year-old woman at 32 weeks of pregnancy, who...

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Autores principales: Smits, Louis, Bockstal, Mieke Van, Frezin, Julie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7896534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33654535
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.316.26728