Intramural hematoma of the esophagus: A pictorial essay

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-22

  Restrepo, Carlos S ^a   Lemos, Diego F ^b   Ocazionez, Daniel ^a   Moncada, Rogelio ^c   Gimenez, Carlos R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Diagnosis; Intramural hematoma of the esophagus (IHE)

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS; LUNG DISEASE; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODYNOPHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36549061560     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0675-0     Document Type: Article

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