Diveriticulitis versus colon cancer: Differentiation with helical CT findings

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 429-435

  Chintapalli, Kedar N ^a   Chopra, Shailendra ^a   Ghiatas, Abraham A ^a   Esola, Christine C ^a   Fields, Steven F ^a   Dodd III, Gerald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon, diverticula; Colon, neoplasms; Computed tomography (CT), helical

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON CANCER; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DISEASE; COLON TUMOR; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032588468     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.2.r99fe48429     Document Type: Article

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