Meckel's diverticulitis in an elderly man diagnosed by computed tomography

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-88

  Nagler, Jerry ^a   Clarke, James L ^a   Albert, Steven A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diverticulitis; Elderly; Meckel's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC STOMACH MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033989192     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200001000-00018     Document Type: Article

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