Diverticula of the appendix and their complications: Value of sonography (review of 21 cases);Les diverticules appendiculaires et leurs complications: Apport de l'échographie (à propos de 21 cas)

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-309

  Barc, R M ^a   Rousset, J ^b   Maignien, B ^c   Lu, M ^d   Prime Guitton, C H ^d   Garcia, J F ^b  

^a Cabinet d'Imagerie Médicale   (France)

^b Military Teaching Hospital Clermont Tonnerre   (France)

^c Clinique du Parc   (France)

^d Cabinet d'Anat et Cytol Pathol   (France)

Author keywords

Appendix; Diverticulum; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDIX DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; MALE; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 17144382488     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(05)81359-9     Document Type: Review

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