Sonographic diagnosis of appendicitis within a right inguinal hernia (Amyand's hernia)

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 454-457

  Coulier, Bruno ^a   Pacary, Jennifer ^a   Broze, Bernard ^a  

^a Clinique St Luc Bouge   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AMYAND HERNIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33845983626     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20266     Document Type: Article

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