Imitation appendicitis: Primary omental torsion

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 271-273

  Phillips, Bradley J ^a   Mazaheri, Mehdi K ^a   Matthews, Marc R ^a   Caruso, Daniel M ^a   Fujii, Tisha K ^a   Schiller, William R ^a  

^a MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Omental torsion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OMENTUM; TORSION;

EID: 0032816489     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199915040-00011     Document Type: Article

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