Pre- and postoperative evaluation of urethral diverticulum

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-172

  Hosseinzadeh, Keyanoosh ^a   Furlan, Alessandro ^a,b   Torabi, Maha ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conventional radiography; CT; Diagnostic imaging; Diverticulum; MRI; Pelvis; Sonography; Urethra; Urethral diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; URETHRAL DISEASES; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 37549000197     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2094     Document Type: Article

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