Appendicitis masquerading as tumor: A case of two diagnoses

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-399

  Marshall, Margaret T ^a,b   Rosen, Peter ^a   Berlin, Robert ^a   Greenson, Nikolas ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal mass; Appendicitis; Computed tomography; Retroperitoneal lipoma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH SALICYLATE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; KETOROLAC;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035205871     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(01)00422-X     Document Type: Article

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