Prospective examination of patients suspected of having appendicitis using new computed tomography criteria including "maximum depth of intraluminal appendiceal fluid greater than 2.6 mm"

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-389

  Moteki, Takao ^a   Ohya, Nariyuki ^b   Horikoshi, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a Fujioka General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Gunma Cancer Tomo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

APPENDICITI; APPENDIX; CLINICAL MANIFESTATION; FOLLOW UP; INTRALUMINAL; PROSPECTIVES;

PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICEAL FLUID; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649130082     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181836a3b     Document Type: Article

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