Torsion of cecal appendix. Report of the first Italian case and review of the literature
In pediatric patients appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain and surgery. Torsion of vermiform appendix is a rare cause, clinically indistinguishable from appendicitis with usually an intraoperative diagnosis. The first description of vermiform appendix torsion was made by Payne in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2021-05-01
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| Series: | La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica |
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| Online Access: | http://pediatrmedchir.org/index.php/pmc/article/view/251 |