Emptiness of the left iliac fossa: A new clinical sign of sigmoid volvulus

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 900, 2000, Pages 638-641

  Raveenthiran, V ^a  

^a VSS Medical College & Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical sign; Diseases of colon; Sigmoid volvulus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; SIGMOID VOLVULUS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0033790740     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.900.638     Document Type: Article

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