An exceptional cause of left lower quadrant abdominal pain

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 3451-

  Abboud, Bassam ^a   Daher, Ronald ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Cecum; Computed tomography scan; Left lower quadrant; Surgery

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; LEFT LOWER QUADRANT ABDOMINAL PAIN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; CECUM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; LETTER; TORSION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CECUM; HUMANS; MALE; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 70349569523     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3451     Document Type: Article

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