Postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia: A diagnostic pitfall

The accurate diagnosis of postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia, the rare complication of herpes zoster, is essential to avoid unnecessary imaging studies or surgery. Close observation and waiting for complete recovery are warranted considering the disease's self‐resolving nature and favorable pr...

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Autores principales: Yagi, Yu, Matono, Takashi, Nakamura, Kenichi, Imura, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Images in Clinical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29340267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.147
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spelling pubmed-57630252018-01-16 Postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia: A diagnostic pitfall Yagi, Yu Matono, Takashi Nakamura, Kenichi Imura, Hiroshi J Gen Fam Med Images in Clinical Medicine The accurate diagnosis of postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia, the rare complication of herpes zoster, is essential to avoid unnecessary imaging studies or surgery. Close observation and waiting for complete recovery are warranted considering the disease's self‐resolving nature and favorable prognosis. [Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5763025/ /pubmed/29340267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.147 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) 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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Imura, Hiroshi
Postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia: A diagnostic pitfall
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title_full Postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia: A diagnostic pitfall
title_fullStr Postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia: A diagnostic pitfall
title_full_unstemmed Postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia: A diagnostic pitfall
title_short Postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia: A diagnostic pitfall
title_sort postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia: a diagnostic pitfall
topic Images in Clinical Medicine
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29340267
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