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A perforated sigmoid diverticulum abscess difficult to differentiate from an ovarian tumor
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan. ishikoo@msic.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
|December 1, 2001
Abstract:
We report a case of a perforated sigmoid diverticulum abscess that was difficult to differentiate from an ovarian tumor. A 53-year-old woman was diagnosed with an ovarian tumor, but laparotomy revealed a perforated sigmoid diverticulum abscess and appendicitis, with normal ovaries.