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Case 65 - A 21-Year-Old Woman with an 8 cm Adnexal Mass Presumed to Be a Dermoid Tumor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

Todd R. Jenkins
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Lisa Keder
Affiliation:
Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus
Abimola Famuyide
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Kimberly S. Gecsi
Affiliation:
Medical College of Wisconsin
David Chelmow
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
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Summary

A 21-year-old nulligravid woman presents to the office reporting three months of dull and aching right lower quadrant pain. She rates the pain a 4 out of 10. She denies any associated nausea, vomiting, or changes in bowel or bladder function. She is sexually active with one male partner and uses condoms for contraception. She has no significant past medical or surgical history. She is not taking medications and she has no known drug allergies.

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Surgical Gynecology
A Case-Based Approach
, pp. 197 - 199
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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