CT in appendicitis

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Chalazonitis, Athanasios N ^a   Tzovara, Ioanna ^b   Sammouti, Eleni ^b   Ptohis, Nikolaos ^c   Sotiropoulou, Evangelia ^c   Protoppapa, Eliza ^a   Nikolaou, Vassilios ^d   Ghiatas, Abraham A ^b  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; BILIARY COLIC; CECUM CARCINOMA; CHRONIC APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTAL APPENDICITIS; DIVERTICULITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; MESENTERITIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OVARY ABSCESS; OVARY CYST; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40849147306     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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