Splenic artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms: Clinical distinctions and CT appearances

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 992-999

  Agrawal, Gautam A ^a   Johnson, Pamela T ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Angiography, CT; Pancreatitis; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM, FALSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENIC ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947632998     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0794     Document Type: Review

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