Eosinophilic colitis presenting as a left-sided colocolonic intussusception with secondary large bowel obstruction: An uncommon entity with a rare presentation

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 741-743

  Box, J Craig ^a   Tucker, Jeff ^a   Watne, Alvin L ^a   Lucas, George ^a  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLON INTUSSUSCEPTION; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; VOMITING;

ADULT; COLITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NECROSIS; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0030811589     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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