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Presentation of Case

A 27-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of secondary infertility and a bladder mass.

The patient was a native of Zimbabwe. She resided in an urban area and frequently visited relatives in the countryside, where she swam in streams as a child. The patient was in good general health and had delivered one full-term infant by emergency cesarean section for fetal distress six years earlier; her son was well. During that pregnancy an ultrasonographic examination of the abdomen and pelvis was reported to show a "problem" with her bladder, which was considered not serious and was not evaluated . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. Michael P. O'Leary's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

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