PERFORATION OF THE APPENDIX DURING PREGNANCY; A RARE COMPLICATION OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 88 (4) , 456-458
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01014.x
Abstract
Perforation of the appendix in a 23‐year‐old Nigerian Igbo woman during the 35th week of pregnancy is reported. In the perforated area, the wall of the appendix was replaced largely by decidualized endometriotic tissue.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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