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LOPEZ PUERTA, Nadiezhda I et al. Chronic appendicitis: A propos of a patient. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2009, vol.31, n.2. ISSN 1684-1824.

We present an 18-years-old patient with a history of pain at the Right Lower Quadrant for some months, receiving several treatments and being entered to the hospital several times without arriving to a diagnosis. After making different examinations, including colonoscopy and laparoscopy we decided to operate with the final diagnosis of chronic appendicitis after a wide debate at the surgery service of the Military Hospital of Matanzas Mario Muñoz Monroy. We carried out a review of the theme and confirmed the diagnosis, disappearing its symptoms

Palabras clave : APPENDICITIS [surgery]; APPENDICITIS [pathology]; COLONOSCOPY [methods]; LAPAROSCOPY [methods]; HUMANS; MALE; ADOLESCENT.

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