Best cases from the AFIP: Giant colonic diverticulum

Radiographics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1869-1872

  Thomas, Stephen ^a   Peel, Robert L ^a   Evans, Leonard E ^a   Haarer, Kelly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE;

AGED; COLITIS; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250373221     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.266065019     Document Type: Article

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