Tuberculosis versus non-Hodgkin's lymphomas involving small bowel mesentery: evaluation with contrast-enhanced computed tomography

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3914-3918

  Dong, Peng ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Sun, Quan Ye ^a   Cui, Hui ^a  

^a WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lymphoma; Mesentery; Tuberculosis; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

EID: 54349121088     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3914     Document Type: Article

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