Acute appendicitis: Diagnostic value of nonenhanced CT with selective use of contrast in routine clinical settings

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2055-2061

  Tamburrini, Stefania ^a,b,c   Brunetti, Arturo ^a   Brown, Michéle ^b   Sirlin, Claude ^b   Casola, Giovanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547105282     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0527-4     Document Type: Article

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