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Snapshot quiz – recurrent right iliac fossa pain in the patient with a previous history of appendicitis

A low threshold for computed tomography (CT) scanning in patients with previous appendicectomy and right iliac fossa pain helps facilitate timely diagnosis and exclusion of other differential diagnoses. Here, we present a rare cause which has significant medicolegal ramifications and is accurately d...

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Autores principales: Aris Chandran, Johan, Cobb, Will A, Keeler, Barrie D, Soin, Bob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.235
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spelling pubmed-44988762015-07-16 Snapshot quiz – recurrent right iliac fossa pain in the patient with a previous history of appendicitis Aris Chandran, Johan Cobb, Will A Keeler, Barrie D Soin, Bob Clin Case Rep Clinical Images A low threshold for computed tomography (CT) scanning in patients with previous appendicectomy and right iliac fossa pain helps facilitate timely diagnosis and exclusion of other differential diagnoses. Here, we present a rare cause which has significant medicolegal ramifications and is accurately diagnosed with CT. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-06 2015-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4498876/ /pubmed/26185662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.235 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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title Snapshot quiz – recurrent right iliac fossa pain in the patient with a previous history of appendicitis
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title_short Snapshot quiz – recurrent right iliac fossa pain in the patient with a previous history of appendicitis
title_sort snapshot quiz – recurrent right iliac fossa pain in the patient with a previous history of appendicitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.235
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