Acute appendicitis presenting with distal duodenal obstruction

Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-106

  Chan, See Ching ^a   Kwok, Ka Fai ^a   Chu, Kent Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0042315254     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2003.23     Document Type: Article

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