Peritoneal Calcification: Causes and Distinguishing Features on CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 441-445

  Agarwal, Atul ^a   Yeh, Benjamin M ^a   Breiman, Richard S ^a   Qayyum, Aliya ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM CALCIFICATION; PERITONEUM CANCER; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 1642446209     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.2.1820441     Document Type: Review

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