A Pictorial Essay of the Diaphragmatic Crura and the Retrocrural Space: Normal Appearance, Variants and Pathology

Congress:

ECR 2011

Poster Number:

C-1939

Type:

Educational Exhibit

Keywords:

Trauma, Metastases, Lymphoma, MR, CT-Angiography, CT, Veins / Vena cava, Oncology

Authors:

L. Crush, O. J. Flanagan, S. Leong, S. A. Hayes, M. A. Maher; Cork/IE

DOI:

10.1594/ecr2011/C-1939

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/ecr2011/C-1939

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