Acute appendicitis of the appendiceal stump

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-43

  Aschkenasy, Miriam T ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

abscess; appendectomy; appendiceal abscess; appendicitis; computed tomography; recurrence; stumpitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12344336555     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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