A Rare Presentation of Crohn's Disease
Free peritoneal perforation is a rare complication of Crohn's disease with a report of only 100 cases in the literature. It needs an emergency exploration and an unaware general surgeon is confounded in intraoperative decision-making. We present our experience when this rarity struck us in a di...
Main Authors: | Sriram Bhat M, Ashfaque M, Balu K, Madhusudhanan J, Sendhil RK |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
2008-01-01
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Series: | Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.ojhas.org/issue24/2007-4-6.htm |
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