Acute epiploic appendagitis in hernia sac: CT appearance

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 226-227

  Singh, Ajay K ^a   Gervais, Debra ^a   Rhea, James ^a   Mueller, Peter ^a   Noveline, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendices epiploicae; Epiploic appendagitis; Hernia sac

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE EPIPLOIC APPENDAGITIS; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MESOCOLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACUTE DISEASE; COLITIS; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21544448110     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-004-0391-y     Document Type: Article

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