Toothpick injury mimicking renal colic: Case report and systematic review

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-38

  Li, Siu Fai ^a,b   Ender, Kimberly ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; CT scan; Endoscopy; Renal colic; Toothpick; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENUM PERFORATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; KIDNEY COLIC; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGMOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; COLIC; COLON, SIGMOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; KIDNEY DISEASES; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERITONITIS;

EID: 0036590683     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00458-4     Document Type: Article

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