Is appendicolith a reliable sign for acute appendicitis at MDCT?;Le stercolithe est-il un signe fiable d'appendicite?

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 87, Issue 4-C1, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Huwart, L ^a,b   El Khoury, M ^a   Lesavre, A ^a   Phan, C ^a   Rangheard, A S ^a   Bessoud, B ^a   Menu, Y ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix, CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; APPENDIX STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STONE FORMATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33646175315     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0221-0363(06)74017-3     Document Type: Article

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