Appendicitis in the elderly. A diagnostic challenge.
Klein
S R
SR
Harbor-UCLA Medical, Torrance 90509.
Layden
L
L
Wright
J F
JF
White
R A
RA
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors