Heterogeneous splenic enhancement patterns on spiral CT images in children: Minimizing misinterpretation

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 493-497

  Donnelly, Lane F ^a   Foss, Joseph N ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a   Bisset III, George S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography (CT), artifact; Computed tomography (CT), helical; Normal variant; Spleen; Spleen, CT

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0032927122     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.2.r99fe16493     Document Type: Article

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