Esophageal injuries: Spectrum of multidetector row CT findings

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 344-348

  de Lutio di Castelguidone, Elisabetta ^a   Merola, Stefanella ^b   Pinto, Antonio ^b   Raissaki, Maria ^c   Gagliardi, Nicola ^b   Romano, Luigia ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multidetector row CT; Oesophagus; Perforation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

MULTIDETECTOR ROW CT; OESOPHAGUS; PERFORATION; TRAUMA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY;

TUMORS;

DIATRIZOATE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS EDEMA; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748079798     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.04.027     Document Type: Article

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