Giant hemangioma of the liver: MR imaging characteristics in 24 patients

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-101

  Danet, Ioana Maria ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a   Braga, Larissa ^a   Armao, Diane ^a   Woosley, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flame shaped enhancement; Giant hemangioma; MR imaging; Myxoid tissue

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYXOID TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; TISSUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037310786     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(02)00641-0     Document Type: Article

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