The faeces sign. A CT finding in small-bowel obstruction

Radiologe

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 417-419

  Catalano, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute abdomen; CT; faeces sign; small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030741621     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001170050231     Document Type: Article

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