Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: Can oral contrast increase CT detectability?

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 334-336

  Koroglu, Mert ^a,b   Ernst, Randy D ^a   Oto, Aytekin ^a   Mileski, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CT; Diaphragm; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMERGENCIES; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC, TRAUMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4344611871     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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