Pelvic inflammatory disease associated with Enterobius vermicularis.
A case of pelvic inflammatory disease in a sexually non-active 13 year old girl is described, with evidence of pinworms as the cause. Albendazole treatment cleared the infestation but the patient suffered subsequent bouts of lower abdominal pain. The literature is reviewed regarding abdominal pathol...
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| author | Tandan, T Pollard, A Money, D Scheifele, D |
| author_facet | Tandan, T Pollard, A Money, D Scheifele, D |
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| description | A case of pelvic inflammatory disease in a sexually non-active 13 year old girl is described, with evidence of pinworms as the cause. Albendazole treatment cleared the infestation but the patient suffered subsequent bouts of lower abdominal pain. The literature is reviewed regarding abdominal pathology associated with ectopic migration of pinworms. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:fe6f7837-4de8-46f9-9095-14d962a94db82022-03-27T13:36:25ZPelvic inflammatory disease associated with Enterobius vermicularis.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:fe6f7837-4de8-46f9-9095-14d962a94db8EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2002Tandan, TPollard, AMoney, DScheifele, DA case of pelvic inflammatory disease in a sexually non-active 13 year old girl is described, with evidence of pinworms as the cause. Albendazole treatment cleared the infestation but the patient suffered subsequent bouts of lower abdominal pain. The literature is reviewed regarding abdominal pathology associated with ectopic migration of pinworms. |
| spellingShingle | Tandan, T Pollard, A Money, D Scheifele, D Pelvic inflammatory disease associated with Enterobius vermicularis. |
| title | Pelvic inflammatory disease associated with Enterobius vermicularis. |
| title_full | Pelvic inflammatory disease associated with Enterobius vermicularis. |
| title_fullStr | Pelvic inflammatory disease associated with Enterobius vermicularis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pelvic inflammatory disease associated with Enterobius vermicularis. |
| title_short | Pelvic inflammatory disease associated with Enterobius vermicularis. |
| title_sort | pelvic inflammatory disease associated with enterobius vermicularis |
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