Colonic pseudoobstruction: CT findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1521-1526

  Ji, Soo Choi ^a   Lim, Joon Seok ^a   Kim, Hoguen ^a   Choi, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Myeong Jin ^a   Nam, Kyu Kim ^a   Ki, Whang Kim ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colonic pseudoobstruction; CT; Ganglion cell; Transitional zone

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OGILVIE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 44849136461     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3159     Document Type: Article

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