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Acute salpingitis usually presents with lower abdominal pain, pyrexia and signs of peritonitis. Laparoscopy is frequently necessary to confirm the diagnosis and to exclude other causes of pelvic pain such as ectopic pregnancy and appendicitis.
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Sutton CJG(1986) Lasers in Medical Science, vol. I. pp 25–31. London: Baillière Tindall.
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Gordon, A.G., Lewis, B.V. (1988). Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. In: Gynaecological Endoscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3240-2_5
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