title: Abdominal Pain in the Female Patient: A Case of Concurrent Acute Appendicitis and Ruptured Endometrioma.
abstract: General surgeons are often asked to evaluate acute abdominal pain which has an expanded differential diagnosis in women of childbearing age. Acute appendicitis accounts for many surgical emergencies as a common cause of nongynecologic pelvic pain. In some rare instances, acute appendicitis has been shown to occur simultaneously with a variety of gynecologic diseases. We report a case of concurrent acute appendicitis and ruptured ovarian endometrioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Flushing Hospital, Flushing, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Martine A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Flushing Hospital, Flushing, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda R
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2421-5394
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Doubleday
authors.affiliation: St. George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, Grenada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: St. George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, Grenada.
authors.forename: Ji Yoon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Flushing Hospital, Flushing, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Alda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Flushing Hospital, Flushing, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Xiao Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang