Utility of MRI after inconclusive ultrasound in pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis: Retrospective review of 60 consecutive patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 969-973

  Herliczek, Thaddeus W ^a   Swenson, David W ^a   Mayo Smith, William W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; MRI; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; APPENDICITIS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879305829     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.10078     Document Type: Article

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