Acute perforative appendicitis during preoperative chemotherapy for Wilms tumor

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-150

  Velez, Maria C ^a,b   Athale, Uma H ^a   Loe Jr , William ^a   Warrier, R P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Immunocompromised children; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APPENDICITIS; CEFTAZIDIME; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCIES; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEPHRECTOMY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; VINCRISTINE; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0037368741     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0880010390158647     Document Type: Article

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