A diagnostic dilemma: Left-sided appendicitis in a 10 year old boy with previously undiagnosed intestinal malrotation. A case report

INTRODUCTION: Intestinal malrotation is a congenital rotational anomaly that occurs as a result of an arrest of normal rotation of the embryonic gut, said to occur in 1 in 6000 live births. Due to the abnormal caecal and appendix position, diagnosis of acute appendicitis becomes more challenging, th...

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Autores principales: Shekhar, Ashvini, Hendahewa, Rasika, Premaratne, Gamini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4573410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26204440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.06.036

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4573410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26204440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.06.036

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