Clinics in diagnostic imaging (53)

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 471-473

  Peh, Wilfred C G ^a   Muttarak, M ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hepatic portal venous gas; Intramural gas; Mesenteric infarction; Pneumatosis intestinalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LIVER; MESENTERIC ARTERY; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LIVER; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034280066     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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