Water enema computed tomography (WE-CT) in the local staging of low colorectal neoplasms: Comparison with transrectal ultrasound

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 370-374

  Caseiro Alves, F ^a   Goncalo M ^a   Cruz, L ^a   Ilharco, J ^a   Leite, J ^a   Agostinho, A ^a   Castro E Sousa, F ^a   Vilaca Ramos H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Preoperative staging; Rectal tumors; Transrectal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA, VILLOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 2642705888     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900363     Document Type: Article

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