Missed Appendicitis: Mimicking Urologic Symptoms
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Missed Appendicitis: Mimicking Urologic Symptoms
Appendicitis, a common disease, has different presentations. This has made its diagnosis difficult. This paper aims to present two cases of missed appendicitis with completely urologic presentation and the way that helped us to reach the correct diagnosis. The first case with symptoms fully related to kidney and the second mimicking epididymorchitis hindered prompt diagnosis. Right site of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Urology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2090-696X,2090-6978
DOI: 10.1155/2012/571037