Rectal imaging: Part 2, perianal fistula evaluation on pelvic MRI - What the radiologist needs to know

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  O'Malley, Ryan B ^a   Al Hawary, Mahmoud M ^a   Kaza, Ravi K ^a   Wasnik, Ashish P ^a   Liu, Peter S ^a   Hussain, Hero K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fistula; MRI; Perianal

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECTAL FISTULA;

EID: 84863703664     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8361     Document Type: Review

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