Imaging findings in giant pseudotumoral paraesophageal varices

European Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-453

  Guermazi, A ^a   De Kerviler, E ^a   Zagdanski, A M ^a   Bourrier, P ^a   Attal, Ph ^a   Frija, J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Color doppler sonogram; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mediastinal mass; Portal hypertension; Varices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPLEEN DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

AZYGOS VEIN; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0029685188     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00182466     Document Type: Article

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