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. 2013 Mar;14(2):164.
doi: 10.5811/westjem.2012.10.12164.

Hickam's Dictum

Nathan Borden  1 , Derek Linklater
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Hickam's Dictum

Nathan Borden et al. West J Emerg Med. 2013 Mar.
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Figure.
Intravenous-contrast enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis. Three short arrows illustrate residual contrast in the parenchyma of the left kidney. This is a striated nephrogram and is consitent with acute pyelonephritis. The long arrow shows several appendicoliths in a dilated appendix. This is consistent with acute appendicitis.
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