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Free perforation in regional enteritis

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1. A case of regional enteritis with free perforation and diffuse pertonitis is reported.

2. Free perforation is a rare occurrence in the course of regional enteritis.

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  1. From the Division of Gastroenterology, the Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, N. Y.

    I. Richard Rosenberg M.D., Barrie Levitt M.D. & Arthur Aufses Jr. M.D.

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  1. I. Richard Rosenberg M.D.
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  2. Barrie Levitt M.D.
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The authors wish to express their appreciation to Drs. Richard A. and Mortimer M. Bader for their permission to report the case described.

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Rosenberg, I.R., Levitt, B. & Aufses, A. Free perforation in regional enteritis. Digest Dis Sci 8, 678–681 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02290205

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