Hepatic hemangiomas with arterioportal shunt: Findings at two-phase CT

Radiology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 707-711

  Kim, Kyoung Won ^a   Kim, Tae Kyoung ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Kim, Ah Young ^a   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

761.12112; 761.12114; 761.12115 Computed tomography; 761.12115 Liver; 761.121411; 761.12143 Liver neoplasms; 761.30 Shunts; 761.3194 Computed tomography (CT); 952.453; 957.453; Angioma; Arterioportal; Blood supply; CT; Gastrointestinal tract; Helical; MR; Phase imaging Liver

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0343773165     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.219.3.r01ma05707     Document Type: Article

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