Appendical fistulae formation as a complication of primary Crohn's disease prior to surgical management: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 340-344

  Morita, Hiroyoshi ^a   Murakami, Hitoshi ^c   Kawai, Saburo ^c   Kobori, Ohichiro ^b  

^a TOKYO TEISHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

appendicitis; fistula; primary Crohn's disease of the appendix

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON FISTULA; CROHN DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029946103     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00311603     Document Type: Article

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