Asymptomatic intussusception of the appendix secondary to endometriosis

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-301

  Offodile II, Anaeze ^a   Hodgin, Jeffrey B ^a   Arnell, Tracey ^a,b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Campus ^*  (United States)

^b Herbert Irving Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDIX INTUSSUSCEPTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CECUM DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; COLECTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34147190296     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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