Misdiagnoses of Ovarian Masses in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 172-174

  Pomeranz, Albert J ^a   Sabnis, Svapna ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Ovarian masses

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PEDIATRICS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERATOMA; TORSION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 1642391491     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000117925.65522.e8     Document Type: Review

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