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Medicine in Images
Unexpected acute abdomen
Abdomen agudo inesperado
M. Latorre Asensioa,
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, R. Pellón Dabénb, S. Nieto Martíneza
a Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
b Departamento de Radiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

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