Cargando…

Ingested foreign body mimicking acute appendicitis

INTRODUCTION: The incidence of acute appendicitis is approximately 250,000 cases per year in the United States with a lifetime risk of 7% (Gupta & Dupuy, 1997). However, despite strongly associated clinical signs, diagnostic accuracy based on history and physical exam alone is only 70% (Jess et...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Reeves, Jeremy M., Wade, Michael D., Edwards, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29689521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.04.003