Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1497.e9-1497.e12 , October 2009

Patient with pelvic pains: retroperitoneal fibrosis or pelvic endometriosis? A case report and review of literature

  • Antonio Pezzuto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Neonatology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: A. Pezzuto, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Neonatology, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy (FAX: +39 0521 290508).
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  • Paola Pomini, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sacro Cuore Don Calabria General Hospital, Verona, Italy
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  • Martin Steinkasserer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sacro Cuore Don Calabria General Hospital, Verona, Italy
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  • Giovanni Battista Nardelli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Neonatology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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  • Luca Minelli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sacro Cuore Don Calabria General Hospital, Verona, Italy

Received 3 June 2009 ,Revised 6 July 2009 ,Accepted 9 July 2009.

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 A.P. has nothing to disclose. P.P. has nothing to disclose. M.S. has nothing to disclose. G.B.N. has nothing to disclose. L.M. has nothing to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.982

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