Small polypoid lesions of the gallbladder. Differential diagnosis and surgical indications by helical computed tomography

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 735-739

  Furukawa, Hiroyoshi ^a   Kosuge, Tomoo ^a   Shimada, Kazuaki ^a   Yamamoto, Junji ^a   Kanai, Yae ^b   Mukai, Kiyoshi ^b   Iwata, Ryoko ^a   Ushio, Kyosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031927216     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.7.735     Document Type: Article

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