Biliary hamartomas: Solitary and multiple lesions shown on current MR techniques including gadolinium enhancement

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 196-201

  Semelka, Richard C ^a   Hussain, Shahid M ^a,b   Marcos, Hani B ^a   Woosley, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Liver, biliary hamartomas; Liver, enhancement patterns; Liver, focal disease; Liver, gadolinium; Liver, MR imaging; Liver, MR pathology correlation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HAMARTOMA; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032809396     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199908)10:2<196::AID-JMRI14>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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