Midgut volvulus in an adult

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-84

  Puvaneswary, M ^a   Rajaratnam, S ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intestinal malrotation; Midgut volvulus; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUODENUM DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALROTATION SYNDROME; MIDGUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; VOLVULUS;

ADOLESCENT; DUODENAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0037371523     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2003.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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