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Acute appendicitis caused by endometriosis: a case report

Styliani Laskou, Theodossis S. Papavramidis, Angeliki Cheva, Charilaos Koulouris

Journal of Medical Case Reports · 2011 · 33 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

We discuss special aspects of acute appendicitis caused by endometriosis to elucidate the pathologic entity of this variant of acute appendicitis.

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