Distribution and characteristics of hematogenous disseminated tuberculosis within the abdomen on contrast-enhanced CT

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 484-488

  Li, Yuan ^a   Yang, Zhi Gang ^a   Guo, Ying Kun ^a   Min, Peng Qiu ^a   Yu, Jian Qun ^a   Ma, En Sen ^a   Hu, Jian ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abdomen; CT; Lymph node; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MESENTERY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 34548524327     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-006-9144-6     Document Type: Article

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