CT findings of mild forms or early manifestations of acute cholecystitis

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-280

  Kim, Young Kon ^a   Kwak, Hyo Sung ^a   Kim, Chong Soo ^a   Han, Young Min ^a   Jeong, Tae Oh ^a   Kim, In Hee ^a   Yu, Hee Chul ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Computed tomography; Gallbladder

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUPS; GALLBLADDER; MEAN VALUES;

BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LIVER; TOMOGRAPHY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IOPROMIDE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67449119430     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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