Small bowel feces sign in association with occlusive mesenteric ischemia

Acta Radiologica Short Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Abu Hmeidan, Jareer H ^a   Bismar, Hayan A ^a   Hamid, Abdullgabbar M ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Case report; CT scan; Mesenteric ischemia; Small bowel; Small bowel feces sign

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBOLECTOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL BOWEL FECES SIGN; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 85033606964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047981614540142     Document Type: Article

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