Unusual case of acute appendicitis with left upper quadrant abdominal pain

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 399-401

  Tawk, Charbel M ^a   Zgheib, Rana R ^b   Mehanna, Seba ^a  

^a HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK USEK   (Lebanon)

^b Notre Dame des Secours University Hospital Center   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Computed tomography; Intestinal malrotation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALROTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NAUSEA; OMENTUM; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 84869154760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22102612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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