Images in Emergency Medicine: Cecal Diverticulitis
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Cecal Diverticulitis: A Diagnostic Conundrum
Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted December 17, 2014; Accepted January 13, 2015 Electronically published March 6, 2015 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.1.25119 [West J Emerg Med. 2015;16(2):316–317.] St. George’s Hospital, Department of Surgery, London, England, United Kingdom Royal Gwe...
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