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(Chest. 1950;17:584-587.)
© 1950 American College of Chest Physicians

Acute Appendicitis Occurring During Therapeutic Pneumoperitoneum

LOUIS F. KNOEPP M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.P.

1) Two cases of appendicitis occurring during therapeutic pneumoperitoneum are reported exemplifying the rapidity of peritoneal involvement in such patients.

2) The pathological findings in appendicitis in such patients would seem to justify immediate surgical intervention even in those cases where the diagnosis is doubtful.






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