Best cases from the AFIP: Giant mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix

Radiographics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 553-557

  Persaud, Thara ^a   Swan, Niall ^a   Torreggiani, William C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34247250665     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.272065134     Document Type: Article

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