Right-lower-lobe pneumonia and acute appendicitis in childhood: A therapeutic disorder

Right-lower-lobe pneumonia and acute appendicitis in childhood: A therapeutic disorder

Two children with simultaneous right-lower-lobe pneumonia and acute appendicitis had uneventful recoveries after early diagnosis and appendectomy. The presence of right-lower-lobe pneumonia does not exclude the possibility of simultaneous acute appendicitis.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric surgery 1973-02, Vol.8 (1), p.33-35
Hauptverfasser: Gongaware, Robert D., Weil, Richard, Santulli, Thomas V.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abdomen
Acute Disease
Appendectomy
Appendicitis - complications
Appendicitis - diagnosis
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Pain
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - complications
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - diagnostic imaging
Radiography
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Zusammenfassung:Two children with simultaneous right-lower-lobe pneumonia and acute appendicitis had uneventful recoveries after early diagnosis and appendectomy. The presence of right-lower-lobe pneumonia does not exclude the possibility of simultaneous acute appendicitis.
ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/0022-3468(73)90291-1