Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Acute Left Iliac Fossa Pain

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Further Reading

1. Gore RM, Miller F, Pereles FS, Yaghmai V, Berlin JW. Helical CT in the evaluation of the acute abdomen. AJR 2000;174:901-13.
2. Urban BA, Fishman EK. Targeted helical CT of the acute abdomen: appendicitis, diverticulitis, and small bowel obstruction. Seminars in US, CT and MRI 2000;21:20-39.
3. Ferzoco LB, Raptopoulos V, Silen W. Acute diverticulitis. NEJM 1998;338(21):1521-6.

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