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Caecal perforation from TB and the Law of Laplace

A 43-year-old man presented to the hospital with haemoptysis. When worked up, his history and examination were highly suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). He subsequently developed a massive upper gastrointestinal bleed and underwent an emergency laparotomy, which revealed a massively dilated...

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Autores principales: Khan, Amad N., Khalid, Salema, Chaudhry, Mohammad Naushad, Ho, Cherrie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25972412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv058