Valentino's syndrome: the red herring of a perforated viscus / Shaiful Amir Abdul Manap ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Abdul Manap, Shaiful Amir (Author), Ahmad, Rabi'atul Adawiyah (Author), Hashim, Hazzeq Safin (Author), Mohd Razali, Mazuin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, 2024-03.
• Subjects: Article; PeerReviewed
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Valentino's syndrome is a rare occurrence in which a perforated peptic or duodenal ulcer is mistaken as appendicitis. It occurs when the gastric and duodenal content tract along the right paracolic gutter and accumulate at the right lower abdomen causing irritation and inflammation to the surro...