PERITONEAL BAND CONTAINING TALC - RARE CAUSE OF SMALL-BOWEL OBSTRUCTION IN A PREVIOUSLY UNOPERATED CHILD

Authors
KYZER S GELBER E KOREN R CHAIMOFF C
Citation
S. Kyzer et al., PERITONEAL BAND CONTAINING TALC - RARE CAUSE OF SMALL-BOWEL OBSTRUCTION IN A PREVIOUSLY UNOPERATED CHILD, Journal of pediatric surgery, 29(12), 1994, pp. 1616-1617
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of pediatric surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223468
Volume
29
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1616 - 1617
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3468(1994)29:12<1616:PBCT-R>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The authors report on a 10-year-old boy who was operated on for small bowel obstruction. The obstruction was caused by a peritoneal band tha t was found to contain talc of an unknown source. The possible explana tion for this rare pathology is discussed.