Imaging of acute appendicitis: US as the primary imaging modality

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 392-395

  Hernandez, J Alberto ^a,d   Swischuk, Leonard E ^b   Angel, Carlos A ^b   Chung, Dai ^b   Chandler, Robert ^c   Lee, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c St Joseph's Medical Center Houston   (United States)

^d Dept Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Children; CT; US

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; OVARY CYST; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTERITIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MESENTERY; PANCREATITIS; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17044392666     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1372-8     Document Type: Review

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