Sonographic findings of acute appendiceal diverticulitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 4104-4105

  Kubota, Tadao ^a   Omori, Toshihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Joji ^a   Nagai, Motoki ^a   Tamaki, Satoshi ^a   Sasaki, Ken ^a  

^a Chibanishi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendiceal diverticulitis; Preoperative diagnosis; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DIVERTICULITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 33746256629     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i25.4104     Document Type: Article

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