Cecal epiploic appendagitis: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 828-830

  Patel, Vijaykumar G ^a   Rao, Arundathi ^a   Williams, Reginald ^a   Srinivasan, Radha ^b   Fortson, James K ^a   Weaver, William L ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b South Fulton Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECAL EPIPLOIC APPENDAGITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CECUM DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; TORSION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION;

EID: 34848840574     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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