Giant peritoneal loose bodies

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 465-468

  Takabe, Kazuaki ^a,b   Greenberg, Joshua I ^a   Blair, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Mail Code 8402 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Appendices epiploicae; Calcified body; Incidental finding; Peritoneal loose body; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASE;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644537987     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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