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Ultrasonic diagnosis of acute appendicitis complicated by paralytic ileus and generalized peritonitis

โœ Scribed by Tadahiro Takada; Hideki Yasuda; Katsuhiro Uchiyama; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Junichi Shikata


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
314 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0091-2751

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โœฆ Synopsis


Inflamed appendices have been demonstrated by ultrasonography in several isolated patients,lP3 but these were nonperforated localized cases of appendicitis. The present case appears to be the first report of ultrasound diagnosis with visualization of an inflamed appendix where generalized peritonitis and paralytic ileus secondary to perforation were present.