A Gut Feeling: An Extremely Rare Case of Missed Appendicitis

This case outlines the emergency department and surgical course of a 63-year-old male presenting with acute onset abdominal pain. Appendicitis was high on the differential for the treating physician, but after the computed tomography and laboratory evaluation were unremarkable, the patient was disch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ashley Pilgrim, Rachel Russo, Aimee Moulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2014-11-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3jj8p19s