Ascending retrocecal appendicitis presenting with right upper abdominal pain: Utility of computed tomography

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 3576-3579

  Ong, Eugene Mun Wai ^a   Venkatesh, Sudhakar Kundapur ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Retrocecal appendicitis; Upper abdominal pain

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RETROCECAL APPENDICITIS; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CASE REPORT; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEUM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349564794     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3576     Document Type: Article

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