An atypical clinical presentation of acute appendicitis in a young man with midgut malrotation

Radiography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-168

  Pinto, Antonio ^a   Di Raimondo, Domenico ^a   Tuttolomondo, Antonino ^a   Fernandez, Paola ^a   Caronia, Aurelio ^a   Lagalla, Roberto ^a   Arnao, Valentina ^a   Law, Robert L ^b   Licata, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Computed tomography; Malrotation

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; MALE; MIDGUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34247357830     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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