Multi-slice spiral CT in routine diagnosis of suspected acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis: A prospective study of 120 patients

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2596-2603

  Werner, Axel ^a   Diehl, S J ^a   Farag Soliman, M ^a   Duber C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscess; Computed tomography; Contained perforation; Left sided colonic diverticulitis; Multi slice CT

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON PERFORATION; COLON SURGERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0348034383     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-1887-7     Document Type: Article

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