Blunt traumatic azygous vein injury diagnosed by computed tomography: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 776-779

  Bowles, B J ^a   Teruya, T ^a   Belzberg, H ^a   Rivkind, A I ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; PLEURA FLUID; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VEIN INJURY;

EID: 0033778433     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200010000-00034     Document Type: Article

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