Extracolonic findings at CT colonography: A review of 258 consecutive cases

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-152

  Sutherland, Tom ^a   Coyle, Elizabeth ^a   Lui, Belinda ^a   Lee, Wai Kit ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

colon; colonography; colorectal cancer; computerised tomography; extracolonic finding

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 79955069196     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02244.x     Document Type: Article

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