Radiologic findings of epiploic appendagitis
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Acute epiploic appendagitis: Radiologic and clinical features of 12 patients
PURPOSE The aim of this work is to explain the clinical features and the imaging findings of primitive epiploic appendagitis in 12 patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve patients were examined in 2 University hospitals between January 2011 and June 2016. Their medical charts have been reviewed. Nine patients have undergone enhanced CT examination and only two among them, have had at first an ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Ultrasonography
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1844-4172,2066-8643
DOI: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.151.co1rfe2