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Case Report
Ovarian abscess following cesarean section. A case report and review of literature
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - The Sackler Faculty of Medicine - Tel-Aviv University, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center - Holon (Israel)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1988, 15(4), 134–136;
Published: 10 December 1988
Abstract
Ovarian abscess is presented although such a finding is an unusual gynecologic complication. It is difficult to distinguish from a tubo-ovarian abscess. Its presence may be suspected in a patients after surgery, carrying IUD, having intraperitoneal infection and pregnancy. If an abscess is present, a tubo-ovarian abscess is much more common, except in pregnancy. For the last 110 years only 120 cases of ovarian abscesses have been reported in the Literature.