Female urethral diverticular abscess clearly depicted by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 460-461

  Yoshida, Soichiro ^a   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^a   Yokoyama, Minato ^a   Ishii, Chikako ^b   Saito, Kazutaka ^a   Koga, Fumitaka ^a   Masuda, Hitoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kawakami, Satoru ^a   Kihara, Kazunori ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ochanomizu Surugadai Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Inflammation; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PAIN; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM ABSCESS;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 43049129629     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02019.x     Document Type: Article

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