CT findings of perforated rectal carcinoma presenting as Fournier's gangrene in the emergency department

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 295-297

  Ash, Lorraine ^a   Hale, Jonathan ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fournier's gangrene; Necrotizing fasciitis; Rectal adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PERINEUM; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SCROTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 23044485926     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-005-0417-0     Document Type: Article

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