The Report of a Rare Case of Acute Appendicitis Due to Endometriosis

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Assistant Professor of Gynecology Surgery, Azad University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Javaheri Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
While endometriosis is fairly common in reproductive age, the endometriosis of the appendix is very rare.We are reporting about the case of a patient with appendicular endometriosis who was operated for acute appendicitis, but for whom the accurate diagnosis of endometriosis was done after pathologic examination.

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