Retroperitoneal lymphangiectasia-radiologic appearances, Complications and management alternatives: A case report

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 372-375

  Bano, Shahina ^a   Yadav, Sachchida Nand ^a   Chaturvedi, Shailendra ^b   Garga, Umesh Chandra ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MR Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced CT (CECT); Inferior vena cava (IVC); Intra venous pyelography (IVP); Non contrast CT (NCCT); Retroperitoneal lymphangiectasia (RPL)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RARE DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEUM;

CHILD; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77954144942     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-009-9528-5     Document Type: Article

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