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2021 May 13


BMC Womens Health


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Successful laparoscopic resection of ovarian abscess caused by Staphylococcus aureus in a 13-year-old girl: a case report and review of literature.

Authors

Murata T, Endo Y, Furukawa S, Ono A, Kiko Y, Soeda S, Watanabe T, Takahashi T, Fujimori K
BMC Womens Health. 2021 May 13; 21(1):198.
PMID: 33985484.

Abstract

Ovarian abscesses, which occur mostly in sexually active women via recurrent salpingitis, occur rarely in virginal adolescent girls. Here, we present a case of an ovarian abscess in a virginal adolescent girl who was diagnosed and treated by laparoscopy.