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Case Reports
. 1981 Apr;88(4):456-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01014.x.

Perforation of the appendix during pregnancy: a rare complication of endometriosis. Case report

P C Gini, W O Chukudebelu, W I Onuigbo
Case Reports

Perforation of the appendix during pregnancy: a rare complication of endometriosis. Case report

P C Gini et al. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1981 Apr.

Abstract

Perforation of the appendix in a 23-year-old Nigerian Igbo woman during the 35th week of pregnancy is reported. In the perforated area, the wall of the appendix was replaced largely by decidualized endometriotic tissue.

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