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Case 4: an adolescent girl with left lower quadrant pain

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The imaging management of an adolescent girl with pelvic pain and ovarian pathology is discussed through the details of a specific case.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Susan J. Back

  2. Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., MLC 5031, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA

    Arnold C. Merrow

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Back, S.J., Merrow, A.C. Case 4: an adolescent girl with left lower quadrant pain. Pediatr Radiol 46, 1068–1074 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-015-3529-z

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