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Case Reports

Actinomycosis infection causing a utero-cutaneous fistula

Mohamed Okbaa Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shereen Ibrahima Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS, London, UK
,
Alaa Alsadik Jalyb Department of Radiology, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS, London, UK
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Abha Govinda Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS, London, UK
Pages 2524-2526 | Published online: 15 Feb 2022

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