Acute appendicitis mistaken as acute rejection in renal transplant recipients.

Acute appendicitis mistaken as acute rejection in renal transplant recipients.

Case histories of 2 renal transplant recipients are reported who had presenting features of fever, leukocytosis and pain/tenderness over right iliac fossa and were diagnosed to be due to acute appendicitis rather than more commonly suspected acute rejection episode which has very similar features. D...

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Main Authors: Talwalkar N, Javali D, Venkatesh K, Iyer S, Venkatesh M, Joshi U
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1994-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adult
Appendicitis
diagnosis
Case Report
Diagnosis
Differential
Fever
Graft Rejection
Human
Kidney Transplantation
Leukocytosis
Male
Middle Age
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