Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 430-432 , November 2009

Computed tomography findings mimicking appendicitis as a manifestation of colorectal cancer

Received 20 December 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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 ZJW supported by NIBIB T32 Training Grant 1 T32 EB001631.

PII: S0899-7071(09)00018-7

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.01.009

Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 430-432 , November 2009