Accuracy of multidetector computed tomography in differentiating primary epiploic appendagitis from left acute colonic diverticulitis associated with secondary epiploic appendagitis

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Jalaguier, Aurélie ^a   Zins, Marc ^a   Rodallec, Mathieu ^a   Nakache, Jean Pierre ^b   Boulay Coletta, Isabelle ^a   Jullès, Marie Christine ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendagitis; CT; Diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY EPIPLOIC APPENDAGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY EPIPLOIC APPENDAGITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; COLON; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; IOTHALAMIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449517406     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-009-0822-x     Document Type: Article

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