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Perforated caecal diverticulitis mimicking an acute appendicitis: a case report

Right iliac fossa pain, nausea and vomiting in young adults are common symptoms that require careful surgical assessment with acute appendicitis being a common cause. Uncommonly, other conditions can mimic this presentation such as caecal diverticulitis. This condition is often misdiagnosed due to l...

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Autores principales: Malek, Lamia, Sultan, Abdullah, Abbas, Mustafa, Al-Awadhi, Nasser
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918495
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7901