Journal article
Appendico-cutaneous fistula in cystic fibrosis
Pediatric surgery international, Vol.20(2), pp.151-152
02/01/2004
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-003-1109-z
PMID: 14986036
Abstract
Appendico-cutaneous fistulae are rare. We describe a 12-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis (CF) and a chronically draining sinus in the right iliac fossa, found to be a primary appendico-cutaneous fistula. Misdiagnosis of right iliac fossa pain in patients with CF and the preponderance of complicated disease frequently lead to manifestations of appendicitis rarely seen in usual clinical practice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Appendico-cutaneous fistula in cystic fibrosis
- Creators
- Tim N Rogers - University of the WitwatersrandCraig Joseph - University of the WitwatersrandDouglas M G Bowley - University of the WitwatersrandGraeme J Pitcher - University of the Witwatersrand
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatric surgery international, Vol.20(2), pp.151-152
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00383-003-1109-z
- PMID
- 14986036
- NLM abbreviation
- Pediatr Surg Int
- ISSN
- 0179-0358
- eISSN
- 1437-9813
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2004
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Surgery; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984322818202771
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