Subclinical peritonitis due to perforated sigmoid diverticulitis 14 years after heart-lung transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3583-3586

  Markogiannakis, Haridimos ^a   Konstadoulakis, Manousos ^a   Tzertzemelis, Dimitrios ^a   Antonakis, Pantelis ^a   Gomatos, Ilias ^a   Bramis, Constantinos ^a   Manouras, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; Colon perforation; Heart lung transplantation; Subclinical peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON PERFORATION; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PERITONITIS; SIGMOIDECTOMY;

EID: 54349113838     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3583     Document Type: Article

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