Isolated severe renal injuries after minimal blunt trauma to the upper abdomen and flank: CT findings

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 190-192

  Rathaus, Valeria ^a   Pomeranz, Avishalom ^a   Shapiro Feinberg, Myra ^a   Zissin, Rivka ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdomen, trauma; Children, trauma; Computerized tomography (CT); Renal trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECCHYMOSIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 1642318777     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-003-0308-1     Document Type: Article

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