Cecal volvulus in pregnancy: Report of a case and review of the safety and utility of medical diagnostic imaging in the assessment of the acute abdomen during pregnancy

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-131

  Hogan, Brian A ^a   Brown, Carl J ^a   Brown, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cecal volvulus; Computed tomography; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM DISEASE; CECUM VOLVULUS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; CECAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38849113815     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0642-9     Document Type: Article

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