Peritoneal mice implicated in intestinal obstruction: Report of a case and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 427-430

  Ghosh, Pradipta ^a   Strong, Curtis ^a   Naugler, Willscott ^a   Haghighi, Parviz ^a   Carethers, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Section of Gastroenterology 111D   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendices epiploicae; Intestinal obstruction; Peritoneal loose bodies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAT NECROSIS; GALLSTONE ILEUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

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

EID: 33748254297     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200605000-00012     Document Type: Article

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