Inverted appendix mistaken for a polyp during colonoscopy and leading to intussusception

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-204

  Ram, Ashok D ^a   Peckham, Clare ^b   Akobeng, Anthony K ^a   Thomas, Adrian G ^a   David, Timothy J ^c   Patel, Leena ^c  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic intussusception; Cystic fibrosis; Incomplete intestinal obstruction; Nonischaemic intussusception

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON INTUSSUSCEPTION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIATHERMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; CHILD; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE;

EID: 23944490850     PISSN: 15691993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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