Nonoperative management of omental infarction: a case report in a child

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1777-1779

  Fragoso, Ana Catarina ^a   Pereira, José Miguel ^a   Estevão Costa, José ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Infarction; Nonoperative treatment; Omentum

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; OMENTUM; OMENTUM INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; OMENTUM; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 33748978811     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.05.038     Document Type: Article

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