Enhanced CT in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis to evaluate the severity of disease: Comparison of CT findings and histological diagnosis

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 197-202

  Mori, Y ^a   Yamasaki, M ^a   Furukawa, A ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Murata, K ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Computed tomography; Enhanced CT

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEGMON; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034856002     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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