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Publications and source records attributed to A N Brannan.
Infarction of an appendix epiploica is a rare event that is seldom diagnosed preoperatively. Report herein is a case of a 76-year-old male complaining of abdominal pain. The etiology of this pain was unclear but the diagnosis of epiploitis was preoperatively suspected. The infarcted epiploic appendix was identified and resected laparoscopically.
This is a retrospective analytic review of 208 patients with hyperparathyroidism studied and treated at Vanderbilt University Hospital from 1935 to 1980. Follow-up in these patients has been completed to date or to death in a great majority of patients. Results indicate the value of excision of isolated adenomas and of subtotal parathyroidectomy for primary and secondary hyperplasia.
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