Diagnostic error due to vicarious excretion of rectal iodinated contrast

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-372

  Low, V H S ^a   Chu, B K ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bladder; Computed tomography; Contrast media; Gastrointestinal tract; Intestinal perforation

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; ENEMA; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; WATER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COLON; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DILUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FLOW KINETICS; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; ENEMA; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; MALE; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746137712     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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