Mimics of renal colic: Alternative diagnoses at unenhanced helical CT

Radiographics

Volumn 24, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages

  Rucker, Creed M ^a   Menias, Christine O ^a   Bhalla, Sanjeev ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), helical; Gastrointestinal tract, abnormalities, 70.12115; Genitourinary system, abnormalities, 80.12115 ureter, calculi, 82.81

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; DIVERTICULITIS; FLANK PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY TUMOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; PANCREAS DISEASE; PYELONEPHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UROLITHIASIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 7644230809     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.24si045505     Document Type: Article

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