Benign liver tumors: Differential diagnosis and indications for surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 983-991

  Weimann, Arved ^a   Ringe, Burckhardt ^a   Klempnauer, Jürgen ^a   Lamesch, Peter ^a   Gratz, Klaus F ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^a   Maschek, Hansjörg ^a   Tusch, Günter ^a   Pichlmayr, Rudolf ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TUMOR; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030664193     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900337     Document Type: Article

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