Stump appendicitis: A relatively under-reported reality

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hashmi, Khawar Sibtain ^a   Wibberley, Helen ^a   Ahmed, Imad ^a   Soares, Luis ^a  

^a BARNET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INFUSION FLUID;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUMP APPENDICITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 84886645441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-008449     Document Type: Article

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