Small bowel CT fat density target sign in chronic radiation enteritis

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 450-452

  Chen, Steven ^a   Harisinghani, Mukesh G ^a   Wittenberg, Jack ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic radiation enteritis; Fat density target sign; Submucosal fat

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOTHERAPY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENUM CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; SMALL INTESTINE; TESTIS CARCINOMA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345830662     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2003.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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