Role of CT in left-sided acute appendicitis: Case report

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-19

  Ratani, R S ^a   Haller, J O ^b   Wang, W Y ^a   Yang, D C ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Left sided appendicitis; Midgut malrotation; Superior mesenteric vein rotation sign

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALROTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MIDGUT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INTESTINE; RADIOGRAPHY; SITUS INVERSUS; TOMOGRAPHY;

APPENDICITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINES; SITUS INVERSUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036461948     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0039-2     Document Type: Article

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