MRI evaluation of acute appendicitis in pregnancy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 566-575

  Dewhurst, Catherine ^a   Beddy, Peter ^b   Pedrosa, Ivan ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicitis; MRI; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; FERUMOXSIL; GADOLINIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; READI CAT 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EDEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHLEGMON; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84874268872     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23765     Document Type: Review

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