Prevalence and impact of extracolonic findings in patients undergoing CT colonography

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 767-771

  Rajapaksa, Roshini C ^a   Macari, Michael ^a   Bini, Edmund J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; CT colonography; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; COLON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PLEURA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4644303399     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000139035.38568.18     Document Type: Review

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