Sonographic diagnosis of right segmental omental infarction

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 76-79

  Bachar, Gil N ^a   Shafir, Gideon ^a   Postnikov, Vladislav ^a   Belenky, Alexander ^a   Benjaminov, Ofer ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Acute abdomen; Computed tomography; Omental infarction; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFARCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OMENTUM; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UMBILICUS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; COLON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UMBILICUS;

EID: 13244262644     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20091     Document Type: Review

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