Acute ovarian torsion in an infant: Diagnostic clues on supine and decubitus abdominal radiographs confirmed by ultrasound

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-338

  DeJohn, Lucas Marino ^a   Choudhary, Arabinda K ^a   Boal, Danielle K ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ovarian torsion; Infant; Plain radiograph; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; OVARY TORSION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SUPINE POSITION; TORSION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; OVARY DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; OVARIAN DISEASES; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 77955708996     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-009-0851-5     Document Type: Article

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