Acta Med. 2021, 64: 55-59

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2021.10

Peritoneal Pseudocyst Causing Acute Abdomen as a Complication of Cronh’s Disease

Christos Damaskosa, Nikolaos Garmpisb, Anna Garmpic, Aliki Liakead, Dimitrios Mantasb

aRenal Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
bSecond Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
cFirst Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
dFirst Department of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Received November 1, 2019
Accepted November 10, 2020

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