The interrupted rim sign in acute cholecystitis: A method to identify the gangrenous form with MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 360-363

  Pedrosa, Ivan ^a   Guarise, Alessandro ^b   Goldsmith, Jeffrey ^a   Procacci, Carlo ^c   Rofsky, Neil M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Gadolinium; Gallbladder; Gangrene; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHOLECYSTITIS; GALLBLADDER; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NECROSIS;

EID: 0041827213     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10356     Document Type: Article

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