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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...

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Published in:Int J Surg Case Rep
Main Authors: Reeves, Jeremy M., Wade, Michael D., Edwards, John
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000735/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29689521
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.04.003
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