Computed tomography findings mimicking appendicitis as a manifestation of colorectal cancer

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 430-432

  Watchorn, Richard E ^a   Poder, Liina ^a   Wang, Zhen J ^a   Yeh, Benjamin M ^a   Webb, Emily M ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Colorectal carcinoma; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDICITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING MANIFESTATIONS; NEOPLASTIC PROCESS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; APPENDICITIS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350143583     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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