The Onion Skin Sign: A Specific Sonographic Marker of Appendiceal Mucocele

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-122

  Caspi, Benjamin ^a,b   Cassif, Eran ^a,b   Auslender, Roni ^c   Herman, Arie ^d   Hagay, Zion ^a,b   Appelman, Zvi ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Appendix; Echogenic layers; Mucocele; Onion skin; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DIAGNOSIS; SKIN; SURGERY;

APPENDICEAL MUCOCELE; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MUCOCELE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 1642495669     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.1.117     Document Type: Article

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