Distinction between upper and lower gastrointestinal perforation: Usefulness of the periportal free air sign on computed tomography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-113

  Cho, Hyun Sun ^a   Yoon, Seong Eon ^a   Park, Seong Hoon ^a   Kim, Hyewon ^a   Lee, Young Hwan ^a   Yoon, Kwon Ha ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gastric perforation; Intestinal perforation; Pnemoperitoneum; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTRIC PERFORATION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; PNEMOPERITONEUM; PORTAL VEIN;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; LIGAMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOBRIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIGAMENT OF HEAD OF FEMUR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PORTAL VEIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH PERFORATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LIVER; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; STOMACH DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149514058     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.08.024     Document Type: Article

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