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A Case of Bilateral Tubo-Ovarian Abscesses in a One-and-Half Year-Old Girl
Mun Hee Kim, Young Kyoo Shin, Baik Lin Eun, Sun Han Kim, Hai Joong Kim, Sang Hoon Cha, Young-Sik Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2000;43(3):432-437.   Published online March 15, 2000
Tubo-ovarian abscess is an end-stage disease of acute pelvic inflammatory disease(PID). Since most cases of PID are caused by sexually transmitted microorganisms, this is very rare in children. Here, we report an 1¨o-year-old girl with bilateral tubo-ovarian abscesses. She was admitted to our department with chief complaints of fever, vomiting and diarrhea. Abdominal ultrasonography and CT scanning of the patient...