Abdominal wall hernias: Imaging features, complications, and diagnostic pitfalls at multi-detector row CT

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1501-1520

  Aguirre, Diego A ^a,b   Santosa, Agnes C ^a   Casola, Giovanna ^a   Sirlin, Claude B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University Hospital   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28144446133     PISSN: 15271323     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.256055018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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