Giant sigmoid colonic diverticulitis: Case report

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 640-642

  Sugihara, S ^a   Fujii, S ^a   Kinoshita, T ^a   Ogawa, T ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant diverticulum; Inflammation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sigmoid colon

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID;

COLON, SIGMOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041422583     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0011-4     Document Type: Article

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