Malignant focal hepatic lesions complicating underlying liver disease: Dual-phase contrast-enhanced spiral CT sensitivity and specificity in orthotopic liver transplant patients

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1631-1638

  Mortele K J ^a   de Keukeleire, K ^a   Praet, M ^a   van Vlierberghe, H ^a   de Hemptinne, B ^a   Ros, P R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver neoplasms; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NODULE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034845491     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100834     Document Type: Article

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