Colonoscopic diagnosis of appendiceal intussusception in a patient with intermittent abdominal pain: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 4274-4277

  Tavakkoli, Hamid ^a   Sadrkabir, Sayed Mohammad ^a   Mahzuouni, Parvin ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Appendix; Colonoscopic diagnosis; Intussusception

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL INTUSSUSCEPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELAPSE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 34548504081     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i31.4274     Document Type: Article

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