Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: CT Findings in Patients with Hepatic Lobar or Segmental Involvement

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 98-103

  Lim, Jae Hoon ^a,d   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Lee, Dong Ho ^b   Nam, Kyung Jin ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver, abscess; Liver, CT; Liver, disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034173351     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2000.1.2.98     Document Type: Article

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