Rare mesenteric location of Meckel's diverticulum, a forgotten entity: A case study aboard USS Kitty Hawk

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 985-988

  Segal, Scott D ^a   Albrecht, Dan S ^b   Belland, Kris M ^e   Elster, Eric A ^a,c,d  

^a Medical Department   (Japan)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICINE; MESENTERY; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH MUCOSA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MESENTERY; NAVAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544389699     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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