Omental infarction - A mimicker of acute appendicitis in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1224-1226

  Loh, May Han ^a   Chan, Hon Chui ^a   Yap, Te Lu ^a   Jacobsen, Anette Sundfor ^a   Tan, Carolyn Eng Looi ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Omental infarction; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; OMENTUM INFARCTION; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 23244447459     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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