Mucocele of the appendix: An important clinical rarity

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-306

  Roberge, Raymond J ^a   Park, Amy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; appendix; complication; malignancy; mucocele

Indexed keywords

ESOMEPRAZOLE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX MUCOCELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUCOCELE; OVARY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; CECAL DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE;

EID: 33745503826     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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