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Chilaiditi syndrome presenting as chest pain in an adult patient: a case report

INTRODUCTION: A patient with chest contusion and rib fractures presented with severe chest pain. The plain film of his chest showed suspicion of pneumoperitoneum. We present this case to show how to get a correct diagnosis and then avoid unnecessary surgery. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old Taiwanes...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ying-Yi, Chang, Hung, Lee, Shih-Chun, Huang, Tsai-Wang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3977941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24629087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-97