Acute pancreatitis successfully diagnosed by diffusion-weighted imaging: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 5478-5480

  Shinya, Satoshi ^a,b   Sasaki, Takamitsu ^a,b   Nakagawa, Yoshifumi ^a   Guiquing, Zhang ^a   Yamamoto, Fumio ^a   Yamashita, Yuichi ^b  

^a Yamamoto Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GABEXATE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG INFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64849108642     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.5478     Document Type: Article

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