Perforated Meckel's diverticulitis complicating pregnancy at 28 weeks' gestation misdiagnosed as appendicitis
Perforated Meckel's diverticulum is an extremely rare cause of an acute abdomen in pregnancy. Its clinical presentation is similar to that of appendicitis and diagnosis is delayed in most cases. We present a patient who developed increasing abdominal pain and leukocytosis at 28 weeks of gestati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Reproductive and Developmental Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.repdevmed.org/article.asp?issn=2096-2924;year=2018;volume=2;issue=3;spage=187;epage=189;aulast=Hu |