PATHOLOGY Female Px Q-4

[Roxanita]

A sexually active 18-year-old woman comes to the physician's office because of fever, lower abdominal pain, and a purulent vaginal discharge for the last 3 weeks. A tender mass is palpated in the right lower quadrant on bimanual examination. Which of the following is the most likely site of the mass?

A) Ovary

B) Fallopian tube

C) Uterine fundus

D) Uterine body

E) Vagina

F) Bladder

G) Rectum

[Anonymous]

Isn't it "A" (ovary)?

[BlakeH]

I think the answer is B) Fallopian tube , she has a PID

[Lorena]

I also think is fallopian tube. The purulent vaginal discharge suggests N. gonorrhoeae. She has PID, one of the complications is ectopic pregnancy from tubal scarring.