Intestinal obstruction in an adolescent female.
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Self-assessment corer Intestinal obstruction in an adolescent female
Accepted 28 June 1995 A 16-year-old girl was admitted with a history of abdominal pain, recurrent vomiting and abdominal distension for the last three years. On examination there was a diffuse lump occupying the central abdomen. Sigmoidoscopy showed normal mucosa till 20 cm. Apart from a polymorphonuclear leucocytosis (total white cell count of 25 x 109/1 with 80% polymorphs), other laboratory ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.847.307