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Lower Pre-peritoneal Steatonecrosis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis

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  1. Department of Surgery, Therezinha de Jesus University Hospital, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences of Juiz de Fora (SUPREMA), Rua Senador Salgado Filho 510 / 1002, 36021-660, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Carlos Augusto Gomes

  2. Internal Medicine Department, Therezinha de Jesus University Hospital, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences of Juiz de Fora (SUPREMA), Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Alice Piccinini & Felipe Couto Gomes

  3. Department of Surgery, Israel Pinheiro Governor Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Camila Couto Gomes

  4. Department of Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Salomone Di Saverio

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Gomes, C.A., Piccinini, A., Gomes, F.C. et al. Lower Pre-peritoneal Steatonecrosis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis. J Gastrointest Surg 21, 1192–1193 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-016-3322-9

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