Utility of the Sonographic Whirlpool Sign in Diagnosing Midgut Volvulus in Patients with Atypical Clinical Presentations

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 397-401

  Patino, Maria Olga ^a   Munden, Martha M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malrotation; Midgut volvulus; Whirlpool sign

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; SURGERY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

APPENDICITIS; SONOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; APPARATUS; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; MALE; MALROTATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; WHIRLPOOL SIGN;

EID: 1542317778     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.3.397     Document Type: Review

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