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Re-assessing the role of the fecalith in acute appendicitis in adults: case report, case series and literature review
Appendicitis in adults is thought to occur because of luminal obstruction from a fecalith. We present a unique case of a patient who had her entire appendiceal lumen occupied by a fecalith (5.0 cm long) but had no appendicitis. We reviewed the records of 257 veterans who underwent surgical intervent...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7849946/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542806 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa543 |