Abstract

Doc number: 196

Abstract: A 48-year old woman presented with chronic back pain. Previous examinations had been inconclusive. Gynaecological examination revealed large cystic masses on the fundus uteri and left adnexa. Laparoscopy and histopathology showed unusually extensive cystic endosalpingiosis covering the serosa-coated uterine surface as well as the adnexa on both sides. After uneventful laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy the patient quickly recovered and was relieved of her chronic backache.

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Details

Title
Cystic endosalpingiosis presenting as chronic back pain, a case report
Author
Scheel, Andreas H; Frasunek, Josef; Meyer, Werner; Ströbel, Philipp
Pages
196
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1746-1596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-8-196
ProQuest document ID
1498296797
Copyright
© 2013 Scheel et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.