[Importance of the flank line in the radiologic semiotics of abdominal pathology]

Radiol Med. 1986 Apr;72(4):180-3.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The authors have analysed the flank stripe in 70 normal subjects and in patients with abdominal disease. The flank stripe has a wide variability and is very useful to detect and locate abdominal pathologic conditions.

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Abdominal Muscles / anatomy & histology
  • Abdominal Muscles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography