Extensive retroperitoneal and right thigh abscess in a patient with ruptured retrocecal appendicitis: An extremely fulminant form of a common disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 496-499

  Hsieh, Chi Hsun ^a   Wang, Yu Chun ^a   Yang, Horng Ren ^a   Chung, Ping Kuei ^a   Jeng, Long Bin ^a   Chen, Ray Jade ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Complication; Retrocecal appendicitis; Retroperitoneal abscess; Thigh abscess

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DUODENUM; DYSURIA; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PANCREAS; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSOAS MUSCLE; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SWELLING; THIGH;

EID: 33644680925     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.496     Document Type: Article

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