Acute colonic disease: How to image in emergency

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 424-432

  Romano, Stefania ^a   Lombardo, Patrizia ^a   Cinque, Teresa ^a   Tortora, Giovanni ^a   Romano, Luigia ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Colon; Diverticulitis; MDCT; Obstruction; Perforation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; COLON; DIVERTICULITIS; OBSTRUCTION; PERFORATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACUTE DISEASE; COLONIC DISEASES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847072612     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.11.021     Document Type: Article

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