Acute abdomen in torsion of accessory spleen

European Journal of Radiology Extra

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-17

  Corsi, Antonella ^a   Summa, Anna ^a   De Filippo, Massimo ^a   Borgia, Daniele ^b   Zompatori, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Parma Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory spleen; Acute abdominal pain; Computed tomography; Torsion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548632930     PISSN: 15714675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrex.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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