Acute mediastinitis: Spectrum of computed tomography findings

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1569-1574

  Exarhos, D N ^a   Malagari, K ^b   Tsatalou, E G ^a   Benakis, S V ^a   Peppas, C ^a   Kotanidou, A ^b   Chondros, D ^a   Roussos, C ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute descending necrotizing mediastinitis (ADNM); Acute mediastinitis; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23344446031     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2538-3     Document Type: Article

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