New CT criterion for acute appendicitis: Maximum depth of intraluminal appendiceal fluid

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1313-1319

  Moteki, Takao ^a   Horikoshi, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a Fujioka General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Gunma Cancer Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Appendicitis; CT; Gastrointestinal imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRALUMINAL APPENDICEAL FLUID; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; BODY FLUIDS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247580034     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1180     Document Type: Article

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