Torsion of a wandering accessory spleen: CT findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 194-195

  Valls, C ^a   Mones L ^a   Guma A ^a   Lopez Calonge E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory spleen; Computed tomography; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION;

EID: 0031920457     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900321     Document Type: Article

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