Renal carcinoma presenting with flank pain: A potential drawback of unenhanced CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 667-669

  Chong, W K ^a,b   Wysoki, M ^a   Heller, L G ^a   Zegel, H G ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033998610     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.3.1740667     Document Type: Article

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