Perforated subhepatic appendix presenting as gas under diaphragm
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Abnormal gas pattern under diaphragm.
1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 3-year-old boy presented with a week’s history of fever, cough and mild shortness of breath, with no history of previous recurring chest or abdominal symptoms. His chest examination demonstrated basal crepts, and his abdominal examination was normal. Chest radiograph showed generalised infl ammatory changes in lung fi elds and a radiolucent shadow under the right diaphragm ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0972-2068,0973-9793
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-010-0070-z