Case report. Localized intestinal lymphangiectasia: CT findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 213-214

  Yang, Dal Mo ^a   Jung, Dong Hae ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; JEJUNUM; JEJUNUM DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HUMANS; JEJUNAL DISEASES; JEJUNUM; LYMPHANGIECTASIS, INTESTINAL; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037208529     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.1.1800213     Document Type: Article

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