Retained appendicolith in an inflamed appendix

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-109

  Kondo, Naoko Iwahashi ^a,b   Kohno, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA EKISAIKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Meijo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicolith; Computed Tomography; Pathologic severity

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX STONE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STONE FORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; CHILD; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60449088252     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0772-8     Document Type: Article

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