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Appendiceal mucocoele

Publication details

James Philips BSc MBBS MRCS, Ketan Gajjar MRCOG, Adel Abdel-Razek FRCOG
Foundation Years Journal, volume 2, issue 9, p.398 (123Doc Education, London, November 2008)

Abstract

A 43-year-old caucasian lady presented to the gynaecology department at our institution with a 6-month history of right iliac fossa pain and deep dyspareunia on the right side. These symptoms were associated with menorrhagia and irregular periods.

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Authors

James Philips BSc MBBS MRCS

GP VTS ST2, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
St. John’s Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex

Ketan Gajjar MRCOG (Corresponding author)

Specialist Registrar Obstetrics and Gynaecology
St. John’s Hospital
Wood Street
Chelmsford
Essex

Adel Abdel-Razek FRCOG

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
St. John’s Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex

References

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