Polypoid endometriosis presenting as a mass at the pouch of Douglas.

J Obstet Gynaecol

c Department of Obstetrics and Gyneacology , Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir , Turkey.

Published: December 2016

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