Pericardial abscess occurring after tuberculous pericarditis: Image morphology on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 514-519

  Gulati, G S ^a   Sharma, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Abscess; CT; MRI; Pericarditis; Tuberculous

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IOHEXOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAVA VEIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL ABSCESS; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THICKNESS;

EID: 2942542721     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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