Sensitivity and specificity of the individual CT signs of appendicitis: Experience with 200 helical appendiceal CT examinations

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 686-692

  Rao, Patrick M ^a   Rhea, James T ^a   Novelline, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Appendix, abscess; Computed tomography, helical; Computed tomography, techniques

Indexed keywords

AIR;

ADENOPATHIES; APPENDICITI; APPENDIX; APPENDIX, ABSCESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, HELICAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRANDINGS; WALL THICKENING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE WALL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031474335     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199709000-00002     Document Type: Article

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