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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...
Autores principales: | Reeves, Jeremy M., Wade, Michael D., Edwards, John |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2018
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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 |
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