Left acute scrotum associated with appendicitis

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 108-110

  Yasumoto, Ryoji ^a   Kawano, Manabu ^a   Kawanishi, Hironobu ^a   Shindow, Kiyo ^a   Hiura, Akihito ^a   Kim, Eui Chol ^a   Ikehara, Teruyuki ^a  

^a Osaka Municipal Sumiyoshi Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute scrotum; Appendicitis; Inguinal hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABSCESS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEVER; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTUM DISORDER; TUNICA VAGINALIS;

EID: 0031906457     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00254.x     Document Type: Article

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