Small hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma versus hypervascular pseudolesions: Differential diagnosis on MRI

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 315-324

  Kamura, T ^a   Kimura, M ^a   Sakai, K ^a   Ichida, T ^a   Seki, H ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a   Ozaki, T ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hypervascular pseudolesion; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERVASCULAR PSEUDOLESION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE; AGED; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036557960     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0074-z     Document Type: Article

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