Acute edematous stump appendicitis in a pediatric patient diagnosed preoperatively on sonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 503-504

  Baldisserotto, Matteo ^a,b   Cavazzola, Silvio ^a   Cavazzola, Leandro Totti ^a,c   Lopes, Maria Helena Itaqui ^a   Mottin, Cláudio Corá ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Hosp de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ^*  (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033868779     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750503     Document Type: Article

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