Focal Eosinophilic Necrosis of the Liver in Patients with Underlying Gastric or Colorectal Cancer: CT Differentiation from Metastasis

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 240-244

  Jang, Hyun Jung ^a,b   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Kim, Seung Hoon ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a   Lim, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, metastasis; Liver, CT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM TUMOR; STOMACH TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037845083     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2002.3.4.240     Document Type: Article

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