Clinically distinguishing between appendicitis and right-sided colonic diverticulitis at initial presentation

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 511-516

  Shin, Jun Ho ^a   Son, Byung Ho ^a   Kim, Hungdai ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Clinical features; Colonic diverticulitis; Right sided

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447644368     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.3.511     Document Type: Article

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