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Intestinal Obstruction Due to a Persistent Vitelline Artery 1
Author(s) -
Myers N. A.,
Rubin S.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1973.tb07331.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal pain , artery , surgery , anatomy
A case of intestinal obstruction resulting from a persistent vitelline artery is reported. The rarity of the condition is emphasised, and attention is drawn to the dangers of failure to differentiate between abdominal pain of emotional and of organic origin.