Sensitivity of computed tomography in detection of perirectal abscess

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-168

  Caliste, Xzabia ^a   Nazir, Shazia ^a   Goode, Terral ^a   Street III, James H ^a   Hockstein, Michael ^a   McArthur, Karina ^a   Trankiem, Christine T ^a   Sava, Jack A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERIRECTAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952437545     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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