Contribution of computed tomography with oral media contrast to the diagnosis of esophago-pericardial fistula

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-349

  Peyrin Biroulet, Laurent ^a   Bronowicki, Jean Pierre ^a   Bigard, Marc Andre ^a   Regent, Denis ^a   Walter, Sabine ^b   Platini, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b Bon Secours Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Esophageal cancer; Fistula; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; ESOPHAGO PERICARDIAL FISTULA; FISTULA; PERICARDITIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

TUMORS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGO PERICARDIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX PAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FISTULA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747044713     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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