Intussusception of the appendix that reduced spontaneously during follow-up in a patient on hemodialysis therapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 479-483

  Komine, Norikuni ^c   Yasunaga, Chikao ^a   Nakamoto, Masahiko ^a   Shima, Ichiro ^a   Iso, Yasunori ^a   Takeda, Yasuo ^c   Nakamata, Tomochika ^b  

^a Saiseikai Yahata Hospital   (Japan)

^b Jono Clinic   (Japan)

^c Orio Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendix; Colonoscopy; CT; Hemodialysis; Intussusception; Spontaneous reduction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CECUM DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE;

APPENDIX; BARIUM SULFATE; CECAL DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; ENEMA; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242806037     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.479     Document Type: Article

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