Small-bowel bezoar versus small-bowel feces: CT evaluation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1465-1468

  Delabrousse, Eric ^a   Lubrano, Jean ^a   Sailley, Nicolas ^a   Aubry, Sebastien ^a   Mantion, Georges A ^a   Kastler, Bruno A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Bezoar; CT; Small bowel feces; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEZOAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCAPSULATION; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH LESION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEZOARS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55549141154     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.4004     Document Type: Article

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