Case report. Retrocrural loop of the ureter: CT findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1293-1294

  Catalano, Orlando ^a,c   Nunziata, Antonio ^b   Cusati, Bianca ^a   Siani, Alfredo ^a  

^a S Maria delle Grazie Hospital   (Italy)

^b Ascalesi Hospital   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; URETER; URETER DISEASE; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAPHRAGM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLITHIASIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032065572     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.5.9574604     Document Type: Article

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