Necrotizing myofasciitis an atypical cause of 'acute abdomen' in an immunocompromised child

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-111

  Donnelly, Lane F ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a   O'Hara, Sara M ^a   Bisset III, George S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MYOSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031908178     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050306     Document Type: Article

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