Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the differentiation between phlegmon and abscess in crohn's disease and other abdominal conditions

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ripollés, Tomás ^a   Martínez Pérez, María J ^a   Paredes, José M ^a   Vizuete, José ^a   García Martínez, Esteban ^a   Jiménez Restrepo, David H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal abscess; Appendicitis; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Crohn's disease; Phlegmon

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHLEGMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CROHN'S DISEASE; PHLEGMON;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CAUSALITY; CELLULITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893689516     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.05.043     Document Type: Article

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