title: Ruptured retrocecal appendicitis in an adolescent presenting as portal-mesenteric thrombosis and pylephlebitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Kader
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Baldassano
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Harty
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Nicotra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: von Allmen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Finn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrier
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Piccoli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D011169:Portal Vein; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*