Vernix caseosa: an unusual cause of post-cesarean section peritonitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 382-385

  Mahmoud, Ahmed ^a   Silapaswan, Sumet ^a   Lin, Kevin ^a   Penney, David ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONITIS; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; APPENDIX; CECUM; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERITONITIS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; VERNIX CASEOSA;

EID: 0030897167     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Krumerman MS, Pouliot GJ. Maternal vernix caseosa peritonitis: Rare complication of caesarean section. NY State J Med 1976;10:1879-80.
2. Agorastos T, Hollweg G, Nat DR, et al. Features of vernix caseosa cells. Am J Perinatal 1988;5:253-9.
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