A large pseudolesion in the left lobe of the liver caused by inferior vena caval obstruction secondary to metastatic retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-257

  Kakihara, D ^a   Yoshimitsu, K ^a   Naito, S ^a   Masuda, K ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemodynamics; Inferior vena caval obstruction; Liver; Pseudolesion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

INFERIOR VENA CAVA; METASTATIC RETROPERITONEAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; PSEUDOLESIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER INJURY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; GERMINOMA; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0034128015     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(00)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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