"Congealed waterlilly" sign: A new sonographic sign of liver hydatid cyst

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 297-303

  Durr E Sabih, ^a   Sabih, Zahida ^a   Khan, A N ^b  

^a NISHTAR HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosis; Hydatid cysts; Liver cysts; Solid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CYST; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MALE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029892856     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199607/08)24:6<297::aid-jcu3>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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