Linear or bubbly: A pictorial review of CT features of intestinal pneumatosis in adults;Linéaire ou kystique: Une revue iconographique des aspects tomodensitométriques de la pneumatose intestinale de l'adulte

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1907-1920

  Soyer, P ^a   Martin Grivaud, S ^a   Boudiaf, M ^a   Malzy, P ^a   Duchat, F ^a   Hamzi, L ^a   Pocard, M ^a   Vahedi, K ^a   Rymer, R ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gastrointestinal tract; Intestine, necrosis; Mesenteric ischemia; Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis; Pneumatosis intestinalis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; REVIEW;

EID: 58149357097     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0221-0363(08)74786-3     Document Type: Review

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