Transient reticular gallbladder wall thickening in severe Dengue fever: A reliable sign of plasma leakage

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 720-724

  Oliveira, Gabriel Antonio ^a   MacHado, Renato Correa ^b   Horvat, Joao Vicente ^b   Gomes, Luciano Emerich ^a   Guerra, Luciana Rossi ^b   Vandesteen, Leonardo ^b   Oliveira, Fernao Teodoro ^a   Lousada, Norma Suely ^a   Moreira Silva, Sandra ^a   De Fatima Ceolin, Maria ^a  

^a Hospital Infantil Nossa Senhora da Glória   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acalculous cholecystitis; Children; Dengue fever; Gallbladder wall; Plasma leakage

Indexed keywords

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER FIBROSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 77951498880     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1489-x     Document Type: Article

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