An unusual case of appendicitis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2010, Pages e79-e81

  Perera, Warren R ^a   Hennessy, Oliver F ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Left sided appendicitis; Situs inversus

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULITIS; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; IMAGING; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITUS INVERSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SITUS INVERSUS;

EID: 77955502365     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.047     Document Type: Note

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