Hepatic metastases of soft tissue angiosarcoma: CT and MR imaging findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 660-664

  Tateishi, U ^a   Hasegawa, T ^a   Muramatsu, Y ^a   Moriyama, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Computed tomography; Hepatic metastasis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042424958     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0008-z     Document Type: Article

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