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Prompt recognition of stump appendicitis is important to avoid serious complications: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Stump appendicitis is a rare complication of appendectomy due to recurrent inflammation of the residual appendix. The diagnosis is often delayed due to low index of suspicious, which may result in serious complications. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of stump appendicitis occurr...

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Autores principales: Ismail, Ismail, Iusco, Domenico, Jannaci, Marcello, Navarra, Giuseppe Giovanni, Grassi, Antonio, Bonomi, Serena, Parpanesi, Roberta, Giombi, Andrea, Virzì, Salvatore
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829956
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7415