Pitfall: A pseudo tumor within the left liver lobe presenting with abdominal pain, jaundice and severe weight loss

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 268-272

  Widjaja, A ^b   Rosenthal, H ^b   Bleck, J ^b   Walter, B ^b   Golkel C ^b   Rademaker, J ^b   Holstein, A ^b   Gebel, M ^a   Manns, M P ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hypervasculated tumor; Microcoil embolization; Pancreatitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PSEUDOTUMOR;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANEURYSM, FALSE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033384349     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-8919     Document Type: Article

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