Intussusception of vermiform appendix with microscopic melanosis coli: A case report

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-235

  Akbayir, Nihat ^a,c   Yildirim, Sadik ^a   Sökmen, H Mehmet ^a   Kiliç, Güray ^b   Erdem, Levent ^a   Alkim, Canan ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Eston Çamlievler Sitesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthraquinone; Appendix; Intussusception; Laxative; Melanosis coli

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX INTUSSUSCEPTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MELANOSIS; PERISTALSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ANTHRAQUINONES; APPENDIX; CATHARTICS; CECAL DISEASES; COLONIC DISEASES; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 34147128179     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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