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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-0011</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev.fac.med.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-0011</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-00112017000100161</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/revfacmed.v65n1.54786</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Apendicitis aguda posterior a un trauma abdominal cerrado. ¿Casualidad o causalidad?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Acute appendicitis following blunt abdominal trauma. Coincidence or causality?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Latorre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio Iván]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bustos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[John Alexander]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villate]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Pablo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud Facultad de Medicina Departamento de Cirugía General]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Infantil Universitario de San José  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>65</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>161</fpage>
<lpage>163</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-00112017000100161&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-00112017000100161&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-00112017000100161&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La apendicitis aguda es una enfermedad frecuente en la práctica clínica; entre sus causas bien definidas están la obstrucción luminal por fecalitos, la hiperplasia linfoide, los cuerpos extraños y los parásitos intestinales. El trauma abdominal cerrado se ha asociado como un factor etiológico de esta enfermedad; sin embargo, su relación causal aún no es clara. En el presente artículo, se presenta el caso de un paciente con apendicitis posterior a trauma abdominal cerrado.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Acute appendicitis is a common disease in clinical practice; some well-defined causes include luminal obstruction by fecoliths, lymphoid hyperplasia, foreign bodies and intestinal parasites. Closed abdominal trauma has been associated as an etiological factor, although, their causal relationship is still unclear. This paper presents the case of a patient with appendicitis after a closed abdominal trauma.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Apendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Traumatismos abdominales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Heridas y Traumatismos (DeCS).]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Appendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Abdominal Injuries]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Wounds and Injuries (MeSH).]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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