Toothpick foreign body perforation and migration mimicking Crohn's disease in a child

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 628-630

  O'Gorman, Molly A ^a,b   Boyer, Richard S ^a   Jackson, W Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030447992     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199612000-00021     Document Type: Article

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