Imaging of an accessory spleen presenting as a slow-growing mass in the transplanted pancreas

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 405-407

  Ishigami, Kousei ^a   Hammett, Bradley ^a   Ubuchi, Masao ^a   Katz, Daniel ^a   Rayhill, Stephen ^a   Fathala, Ahmed ^a   Abu Yousef, Monzer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN;

EID: 3242748200     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.2.1830405     Document Type: Article

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