Spontaneous abdominal hemorrhage: Causes, CT findings, and clinical implications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1077-1087

  Furlan, Alessandro ^a,b   Fakhran, Saeed ^a   Federle, Michael P ^a,c  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; CT; Hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; OVARY CYST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN RUPTURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349659844     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2231     Document Type: Article

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