Left-sided perforated acute appendicitis in an adult with midgut malrotation: The role of computed tomography

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-218

  Israelit, Shlomo ^a   Brook, Olga R ^a   Nira, Beck Razi ^a   Guralnik, Ludmila ^a   Hershko, Dan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Midgut malrotation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALROTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 64249097554     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0746-x     Document Type: Article

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