Epiploic appendagitis of caecum: a diagnostic dilemma [Appendicitis epiploica des Blinddarms: ein diagnostisches Dilemma]
[english] Epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of acute abdomen. Depending on the site of occurrence, it can mimic any cause of acute abdomen or disease of the colon and caecal appendix; making its preoperative diagnosis very difficult. We present here a case of a 7-year-old boy misdiagnosed preope...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
2012-10-01
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| Series: | GMS German Medical Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2012-10/000165.shtml |