Pictorial essay. Hepatic hemangioma: Atypical appearances on CT, MR imaging, and sonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-141

  Jang, Hyun Jung ^a   Kim, Tae Kyoung ^b   Lim, Hyo Keun ^c   Park, Sang Jae ^a   Sim, Jung Suk ^a   Kim, Hyae Young ^a   Lee, Joo Hyuk ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED;

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

EID: 0037208643     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.1.1800135     Document Type: Article

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