Pneumoappendix after an inversion appendectomy: An unreported radiologic finding

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1250-1252

  Barone, Gary W ^a,b   Carter, Timothy C ^a   Hudec, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 0030700882     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199712000-00019     Document Type: Article

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