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Fábio Machado Landim1, José Marconi Tavares, Deborah Nunes de Melo Braga, Jose Erialdo da Silva, Joao Bosco Breckenfeld Bastos Filho, Roney Gonçalves Fechine Feitosa.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Osseous metaplasia is an unusual event in the gynecologic organs. It has been reported mostly in the endometrium and rarely in the cervix. CASE: The authors describe a rare case of bone formation in vaginal mucosa of a 52-year-old woman with chronic pelvic pain and exteriorization of bone from vaginal introit.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18563423 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0706-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Gynecol Obstet ISSN: 0932-0067 Impact factor: 2.344