A rare variation of Amyand's hernia [6]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2684-2685

  Franko, Jan ^a   Raftopoulos, Ioannis ^a,c   Sulkowski, Robert ^b  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGED; AMYAND HERNIA; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APPENDECTOMY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMORAL HERNIA; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0036791809     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04418-0     Document Type: Letter

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