Is capsular retraction a specific CT sign of malignant liver tumor?

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1543-1545

  Sans, N ^a   Fajadet, P ^b   Galy Fourcade, D ^a   Trocart, J ^b   Jarlaud, T ^a   Chiavassa, H ^a   Giron, J ^a   Railhac, J J ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b Nouvelle Clinique de l'Union   (France)

Author keywords

CT studies; Liver; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032613302     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050880     Document Type: Article

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