Emergency MRI of acute pelvic pain: MR protocol with no oral contrast

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-141

  Singh, Ajay K ^a,b   Desai, Hemali ^a   Novelline, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Fibroid degeneration; MR; Ovarian torsion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY ABSCESS; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TORSION; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RETAINED PLACENTA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; UTERUS MYOMA;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 60449106509     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0748-8     Document Type: Article

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