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Perforated appendicitis secondary to a ruptured pyosalpinx managed by laparoscopic appendectomy and salpingectomy: a

Naveed Ali Khan1, Raazia Ramzan1, Muhammad Mustafa1

  • 1Department of General Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, SUPARCO Road, off Main University Road, Gulzar-e-Hijri, Scheme 33, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.

Journal of Surgical Case Reports
|October 15, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
acute appendicitisascending infectioncase reportlaparoscopic surgerypyosalpinx

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