Pain as the only consistent sign of acute appendicitis: Lack of inflammatory signs does not exclude the diagnosis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-215

  Monneuse, Olivier ^a   Abdalla, S ^a   Pilleul, F ^a   Hervieu, V ^a   Gruner, L ^a   Tissot, E ^a   Barth, X ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949262240     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0349-z     Document Type: Article

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