Giant mucocele of the appendix: Clinical and imaging findings in 3 cases

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 643-648

  Francica, Giampiero ^a,d   Lapiccirella, Gaetano ^b   Giardiello, Cristiano ^c   Scarano, Ferdinando ^a   Angelone, Giovanni ^c   De Marino, Fedele ^a   Molese, Valerio ^b  

^a Presidio Ospedaliero Camilliani S Maria della Pietà   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini   (Italy)

^c Presidio Sanitario C S Maria Pieta   (Italy)

^d Unità Operativa di Ecografia Diagnostica e Interventistica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendix; Computed tomography; Mucocele; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; INFILTRATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

APPENDIX; BASAL B-MODE; MUCOCELE; SONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

DIATRIZOATE; IOPAMIDOL; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL MASS; AGED; APPENDIX DISEASE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT MUCOCELE OF THE APPENDIX; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCELE; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 33646450566     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.5.643     Document Type: Review

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