Dropped appendicolith: CT findings and implications for management

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 707-711

  Singh, Ajay K ^a,b   Hahn, Peter F ^b   Gervais, Debra ^b   Vijayraghavan, Gopal ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^b  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Appendectomy; Dropped appendicolith

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DROPPED APPENDICOLITH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CALCULI; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39749131515     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2917     Document Type: Article

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