CT differentiation of mucinous and nonmucinous colorectal carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 785-790

  Ko, Eun Young ^a,b   Ha, Hyun Kwon ^a   Kim, Ah Young ^a   Yoon, Kwon Ha ^c   Yoo, Chang Sick ^a   Kim, Hee Cheol ^a   Kim, Jin Cheon ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colon; CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847187041     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0476     Document Type: Article

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