CT findings of normal and inflamed appendix in groin hernia

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-100

  Maizlin, Zeev V ^a   Mason, Andrew C ^b   Brown, Carl ^a   Brown, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Ridge Meadows Hospital and Health Care Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Groin; Hernia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; FEMALE; GROIN; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247600600     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0601-5     Document Type: Article

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