Primary epiploic appendagitis. Clinical and radiological diagnosis;Apendicitis epiploica primaria: Diagnóstico clínico y radiológico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 601-607

  Horvath V, Eleonora ^a   Majlis D, Sergio ^a   Seguel B, Solange ^a   Whittle P, Carolina ^a   MacKinnon D, John ^a   Niedmann E, Juan Pablo ^a   Baldassare P, Gina ^a   González M, Paulina ^a   Soffia C, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Appendagitis; Appendiceal neoplasm; Appendix; Colon

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034202112     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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