Spontaneous intraperitoneal hemorrhage: Imaging features

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1183-1201

  Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   Cantisani, Vito ^a,b   Brown, Douglas L ^a   Ros, Pablo R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST RUPTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMANGIOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEPATOCELLULAR ADENOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METASTASIS; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; REVIEW; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

EID: 0344980672     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00118-0     Document Type: Review

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