Meckel's diverticulum mimicking infantile colic: Sonographic Detection

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 314-316

  Huang, Fu Chen ^a   Ko, Sheung Fat ^a   Lee, Shin Yi ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdominal mass; Infant; Meckel's diverticulum; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; COLIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTESTINE LOOP; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM;

COLIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 0033945664     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0096(200007/08)28:6<314::AID-JCU10>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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