Calcified hepatic arteriovenous fistula found after biopsy of the liver: Unusual cause of calcification in the right upper quadrant

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1293-1295

  Hurwitz, Lynne M ^a   Thompson, William M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036838831     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.5.1791293     Document Type: Article

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