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Appendiceal appearances: the great imitator
  1. G Modgil1,
  2. D I Cooke2,
  3. L Newbury3
  1. 1Department of Paediatrics, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Musgrove Park Hospital
  3. 3Department of Paediatrics, Musgrove Park Hospital
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr G Modgil
    Department of Paediatrics, Taunton, Somerset, UK; gitamodgil{at}doctors.org.uk

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