Differentiation between right tubo-ovarian abscess and appendicitis using CT - A diagnostic challenge

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1030-1035

  Eshed, I ^a   Halshtok, O ^a   Erlich, Z ^b   Mashiach, R ^a   Hertz, M ^a   Amitai, M M ^a   Portnoy, O ^a   Guranda, L ^a   Hiller, N ^c   Apter, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052966151     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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