Imaging in mediastinitis: A systematic review based on aetiology

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 573-585

  Akman, C ^a   Kantarci, F ^a   Cetinkaya, S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Magnetic resonance (MR); Mediastinitis; Mediastinum, fibrosis; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRONCHUS PERFORATION; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINITIS; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; THORACIC CAVITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242674495     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2003.12.001     Document Type: Review

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