The stranded stone: Relationship between acute appendicitis and appendicolith

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 258-260

  Aljefri, Ahmad ^b   Al Nakshabandi, Nizar ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendicolith; CT scan

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; IOHEXOL; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX STONE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CECAL DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349802017     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.56106     Document Type: Article

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