Acute torsion of a wandering spleen in a child: Preoperative diagnosis by ultrasonography and computed tomography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-209

  Saadaoui, Hassen ^a   Toppet, Véronique M ^a   Hubloux, Guido ^a   Horth, Martin ^a   Cadière, Guy B ^a   Spehl, Marianne R ^a  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Ultrasound; Wandering spleen

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; SURGERY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACUTE TORSION; PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WANDERING SPLEEN;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION;

EID: 0031937021     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(96)01121-7     Document Type: Article

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