Different clinical presentation of appendicolithiasis. The report of three cases and review of the literature

Clinical Medicine Insights: Pathology

Volumn , Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Kaya, Bulent ^a   Eris, Cengiz ^b  

^a FATIH SULTAN MEHMET TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Appendicolith

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICOLITHIASIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY COLIC; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PHLEGMON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

EID: 80055084597     PISSN: 11795557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CPath.S6757     Document Type: Article

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