Intestinal pneumatosis in adults: Diagnostic and prognostic value

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 361-365

  Lassandro, Francesco ^a   Di Santo Stefano, Maria Luisa Mangoni ^b   Maria Porto, Anna ^c   Grassi, Roberto ^c   Scaglione, Mariano ^d   Rotondo, Antonio ^c  

^a MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Department of Radiology Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Department of Radiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bowel; Computed tomography; Infarction; Pneumatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH VOLVULUS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955657406     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-010-0868-9     Document Type: Article

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