Beyond acute appendicitis: Imaging of additional pathologies of the pediatric appendix

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-242

  Dietz, Kelly R ^a   Merrow, Arnold C ^b   Podberesky, Daniel J ^b   Towbin, Alexander J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendiceal neoplasm; Appendicitis; Appendix; Children; Cystic fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; APPENDIX CANCER; BARIUM ENEMA; CECOSTOMY; CROHN DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES IMPACTION; FOREIGN BODY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; INTESTINE MALROTATION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MUCOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 84873997138     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2565-1     Document Type: Review

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