MDCT enteroclysis urography with split-bolus technique provides information on ureteral involvement in patients with suspected bowel endometriosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Biscaldi, Ennio ^a   Ferrero, Simone ^b   Remorgida, Valentino ^b   Rollandi, Gian Andrea ^a  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bowel endometriosis; CT urography; Diagnosis; MDCT; Split bolus technique; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BOWEL NODULE; COLON DILATATION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENTEROCLYSIS UROGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINAL HYPOTONIZATION; INTESTINE ENDOMETRIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLIT BOLUS TECHNIQUE; URETER; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA SURGERY; UROGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URETER DISEASE;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL DISEASES; UROGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959614625     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4454     Document Type: Article

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