Difficulties in the diagnosis of appendicitis: Review of CT and US images

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 289-295

  Kosaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Sagoh, Tadashi ^b   Uematsu, Hidemasa ^a   Kimura, Hirohiko ^a   Yamamori, Sanae ^c   Miyayama, Shiro ^d   Itoh, Harumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Yawata Medical Center   (Japan)

^d FUKUI KEN SAISEIKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Computed tomography (CT); Ultrasonography (US)

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; BODY BUILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE DISTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34848849472     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0658-1     Document Type: Review

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