US Case of the Day

Radiographics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 713-716

  Hochsztein, Jay G ^a   Koenigsberg, Mordecai ^a   Green, David A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis, 80.2044; Pelvic organs, abscess, 80.211; Pelvic organs, inflammation, 80.2044

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COLON DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LIVER DISEASE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; URETER DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; LIVER DISEASES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 0030133606     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.16.3.8897636     Document Type: Article

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