Acute abdomen due to torsion of wandering spleen: CT diagnosis

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1409-1412

  Raissaki, M ^a   Prassopoulos, P ^a   Daskalogiannaki, M ^a   Magkanas, E ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Spleen; Torsion, CT; Torsion, diagnosis; Wandering spleen

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; TORSION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION;

EID: 0032246540     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050562     Document Type: Article

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