Isolated traumatic rupture of the cisterna chyli: CT diagnosis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 701-702

  Patten, Randall M ^a   Calkins, Casey M ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032883908     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199909000-00011     Document Type: Article

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