Gangrenous cholecystitis: Prediction with CT imaging

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 218-221

  Singh, A K ^a   Sagar, P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Gallbladder; Gangrenous cholecystitis; Mucosal enhancement

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER MUCOSA; GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17644390593     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0217-0     Document Type: Article

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