Omental Lymphangioma with Small-Bowel Volvulus

Radiographics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 847-851

  Mar, Colin R ^a,b   Pushpanathan, Chitra ^a   Price, David ^a   Cramer, Benvon ^a  

^a Janeway Children's Hlth Rehab Ctr   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intestines, volvulus, 74.7233; Lymphangioma, 799.3194; Omentum, neoplasms, 799.3194

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLENOMEGALY; VOLVULUS; VOMITING; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MILITARY MEDICINE; OMENTUM; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042844740     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.234025123     Document Type: Article

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