Pneumoscrotum: A rare manifestation of perforation associated with therapeutic colonoscopy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 5061-5063

  Fu, Kuang I ^a,b   Sano, Yasushi ^a   Kato, Shigeharu ^a   Fujii, Takahiro ^a   Sugito, Masanori ^a   Ono, Masato ^a   Saito, Norio ^a   Kawashima, Kiyotaka ^a   Yoshida, Shigeaki ^a   Fujimori, Takahiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonic perforation; Endoscopic mucosal resection; Pneumoscrotum

Indexed keywords

CEFMETAZOLE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERITONEAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SCROTUM DISORDER; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 24144463691     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i32.5061     Document Type: Review

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