CT findings of acute cholecystitis and its complications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1523-1529

  Shakespear, Jonathan S ^a   Shaaban, Akram M ^a   Rezvani, Maryam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; CT; Gallbladder; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER GANGRENE; GALLBLADDER HEMORRHAGE; GALLBLADDER NECROSIS; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICHOLECYSTIC ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ABSCESS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; BLEEDING; EMPHYSEMA; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABSCESS; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; EMPHYSEMA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953279864     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3640     Document Type: Article

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