Sarcoidosis manifesting as acute appendicitis: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-111

  Cullinane, Daniel C ^b   Schultz, Scot C ^b   Zellos, Lambros ^b   Holt, Richard W ^a  

^a District of Columbia General Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Appendix; Granuloma; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0031029264     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02055692     Document Type: Article

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