Sonographic features of diverticulitis and diverticulosis of the vermiform appendix
β Scribed by Peter Macheiner; Alois Hollerweger; Norbert Gritzmann
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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β¦ Synopsis
We read with interest the case report by Konen et al, "Sonographic Appearance of an Appendiceal Diverticulum." 1 In the introduction, the authors state that to their knowledge, theirs was the first report on the sonographic appearance of an appendiceal diverticulum. However, we published a case report on appendicitis and appendiceal diverticulitis with a review of the literature in 1999. 2 In that report, we described the sonographic features of appendiceal diverticula that
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