Intrathoracic acute appendicitis. A case report;Appendicite aiguë intrathoracique. À propos d'un cas

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1334-1336

  Fahed, R ^a   Menassa Moussa, L ^a   Sader Ghorra, C ^a   Haddad Zebouni, S ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BOCHDALEK HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872420262     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: 1769664X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2012.09.021     Document Type: Article

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