Emphysematous pancreatitis. Radiological curiosity or a cause for concern?

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-166

  Wig, Jai Dev ^a   Kochhar, Rakesh ^a   Bharathy, Kishore Gurumoorthy Subramanya ^a   Kudari, Ashwini Kumar ^a   Doley, Rudra Prasad ^a   Yadav, Thakur Deen ^a   Kalra, Naveen ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Pancreatitis, acute necrotizing; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMATOUS PANCREATITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS NECROSECTOMY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS SCINTISCANNING; PANCREAS SURGERY; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADULT; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42949110631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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