Primary carcinoid tumor of the liver: Report of two cases with an emphasis on US findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 325-328

  Hirata, M ^a   Ishida, H ^b   Konno, K ^b   Naganuma, H ^b   Nakajima, K ^b   Igarashi, K ^b   Onji, M ^c   Iuchi, H ^c   Nishiura, S ^d   Maeda, T ^d  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Doppler; Liver; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0036557974     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0069-9     Document Type: Article

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