Diagnosis of ruptured appendicitis during pregnancy: Role of magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Women's Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 192-198

  Weiss, Clifford R ^a   Macura, Katarzyna J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic reonance imaging; Pregnancy; Ruptured appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 1542411332     PISSN: 1084824X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130747-200311000-00005     Document Type: Article

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