Erschienen in:
01.09.2009 | Case Report
Appendiceal endometriosis presenting as perforated appendicitis: report of a case and review of the literature
verfasst von:
Sami Akbulut, Polat Dursun, Alper Kocbiyik, Ali Harman, Sinasi Sevmis
Erschienen in:
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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Ausgabe 3/2009
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Abstract
While endometriosis is a common disorder in women of reproductive age, appendiceal endometriosis accounts for less than 1% of all pelvic endometriotic lesions. Involvement at this site may present as acute appendicitis and be diagnosed only upon postoperative histopathologic examination. We report such an occurrence of appendiceal endometriosis in a 40-year-old woman who presented with acute perforated appendicitis.