Is it from the mesentery or the omentum? MDCT features of various pathologic conditions in intraperitoneal fat planes

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-11

  Jeon, Yong Sun ^a   Lee, Ju Won ^a   Cho, Soon Gu ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Mesentery; Multidetector CT (MDCT); Omentum; Peritoneal cavity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; HUMANS; MESENTERY; OMENTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60149094680     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0381-y     Document Type: Review

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