Cholangiocarcinoma at the hepatic hilus: Sonographic findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 985-989

  Hann, Lucy E ^a   Greatrex, Kathleen V ^b   Bach, Ariadne M ^a   Fong, Yuman ^a   Blumgart, Leslie H ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLATSKIN TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030949571     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.4.9124155     Document Type: Article

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