Pyomyositis mimicking right iliac fossa mass: Review of the literature

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 352-354

  Iwuagwu, O C ^a   Deans, G T ^a  

^a University Hospital of Hartlepool   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature review; Pyomyositis; Right iliac fossa mass

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MALE; MASS; PATHOLOGY; PYOMYOSITIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMAN; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOSITIS;

EID: 0033819368     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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