Hepatic imaging studies on patients with visceral larva migrans due to probable Ascaris suum infection

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 465-469

  Hayashi, K ^a   Tahara, H ^a   Yamashita, K ^a   Kuroki, K ^a   Matsushita, R ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a   Hori, T ^a   Hirono, S ^a   Nawa, Y ^a   Tsubouchi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Computed tomography (CT); Laparoscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Radioisotope (RI) scans; Ultrasound tomography (UST); Visceral larva migrans (VLM)

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THIABENDAZOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032825580     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900541     Document Type: Article

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