Infiltrating caecal carcinoma versus appendicitis with caecal phlegmon—can computer tomography differentiate them?
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Infiltrating caecal carcinoma versus appendicitis with caecal phlegmon—can computer tomography differentiate them?
Right iliac fossa pain is a common acute general surgery presentation, and computer tomography (CT) is often used as an aid in determining the diagnosis. CT can play an important role in differentiating malignant and inflammatory causes of caecal wall thickening if certain key features are identified. Two patients with similar presentations of right iliac fossa pain had pre-operative CT, which ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjx006