Calcified fecolith - A rare cause of large bowel obstruction

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 199-200

  Narayanaswamy, Srikanth ^a   Walsh, Mark ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecolith; Large bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FECAL IMPACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846136720     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0545-1     Document Type: Article

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