Gangrenous intrathoracic appendicitis, a rare cause of right-sided chest pain: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 874-877

  Schellhaas, Elisabeth ^a   Döbler, Oliver ^a   Kroesen, Anton J ^a   Buhr, Heinz J ^a   Hotz, Hubert G ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic hernia; Enterothorax; Intrathoracic appendicitis; Liver surgery

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GANGRENOUS INTRATHORACIC APPENDICITIS; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE ADHESION;

APPENDICITIS; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 77956938322     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-009-4172-9     Document Type: Article

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