Hepatic periportal tracking associated with severe acute pyelonephritis

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-254

  Zissin, R ^a,b   Kots, E ^a,b   Rachmani, R ^a,b   Hadari, R ^a,b   Shapiro Feinberg, M ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Kidney, infection; Liver, abnormalities; Periportal edema

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PORTAL VEIN; PYELONEPHRITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034111455     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002610000026     Document Type: Article

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