Chest wall tuberculosis: A review of CT appearances

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 917, 2004, Pages 449-457

  Morris, B S ^a   Maheshwari, M ^a   Chalwa, A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PLEURA THICKENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; THORAX WALL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 2642565947     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/82634045     Document Type: Review

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