Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis of ureterolithiasis with unenhanced helical CT

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 439-447

  Dalrympk, Neal C ^a   Casford, Brant ^a   Raiken, David P ^a   Elsass, Kelcey D ^a   Pagan, Rafael A ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ureter, calculi, 82.81; Ureter, CT, 82.12115; Ureter, stenosis or obstruction, 82.843

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KIDNEY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; STONE FORMATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STONE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALCULI; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; PYELONEPHRITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0034145221     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.2.g00mc13439     Document Type: Article

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