1. Isolated diverticulitis of the terminal ileum: an unusual cause of abdominal pain
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Gonçalo Saldanha, Rui Mendo, and Pedro Figueiredo
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0301 basic medicine ,Abdominal pain ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Constipation ,Images In… ,Physical examination ,030105 genetics & heredity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ileum ,Terminal ileum ,Humans ,Medicine ,Medical history ,Diverticulitis ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,General surgery ,General Medicine ,Emergency department ,medicine.disease ,Small intestine ,Abdominal Pain ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
A 73-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of abdominal pain, constipation and low-grade fever following a sushi meal. He had no relevant medical history. His physical examination was remarkable for lower right quadrant abdominal pain associated with rebound
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- 2021
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