Hyperdense gallbladder wall sign: An overlooked sign of acute cholecystitis on unenhanced CT examination

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-131

  Cheng, She Meng ^a   Ng, Suk Ping ^a   Shih, Shin Lin ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; CT; High density gallbladder wall sign

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY;

GALLBALDDER; MUCOSAL NECROSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER MUCOSA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUCOSAL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642463029     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(03)00196-7     Document Type: Article

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