The CT features of abdominal tuberculosis in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-81

  Andronikou, Savvas ^a,b   Welman, Chris J ^a,b   Kader, Ebrahim ^a,b  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Calcification; CT; Granuloma; Lymphadenopathy; Pancreas; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE WALL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OMENTUM; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; X RAY FILM;

CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER; MALE; PANCREAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036939131     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-001-0605-3     Document Type: Article

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