CT and MRI findings of multifocal hepatic steatosis mimicking malignancy

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 708-710

  Kemper, J ^a   Jung, G ^b   Poll, L W ^b   Jonkmanns, C ^b   Luthen R ^b   Moedder, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Computed tomography; Hepatic steatosis; Liver, diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastases

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036827052     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-002-0019-1     Document Type: Article

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