CT of blunt trauma bowel and mesenteric injury: Typical findings and pitfalls in diagnosis

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1525-1536

  Brody, Jeffrey M ^a   Leighton, Danielle B ^a   Murphy, Brian L ^a   Abbott, Gerald F ^a   Vaccaro, Jonathan P ^a   Jagminas, Liudvikas ^a   Cioffi, William G ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract, CT, 74.1211, 75.1211; Gastrointestinal tract, hemorrhage, 74.41, 74.43, 75.41, 75.43; Gastrointestinal tract, perforation, 74.41, 74.43, 75.41, 75.43; Intestines, hemorrhage, 74.41, 74,43, 75.41, 75.43

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTESTINE; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0034329995     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.6.g00nv021525     Document Type: Article

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