The pearl necklace sign: An imaging sign of adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder at MR cholangiopancreatography

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-88

  Haradome, Hiroki ^a   Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^b   Sou, Hironobu ^b   Yoshikawa, Takeharu ^b   Nakamura, Akihisa ^a   Araki, Tutomu ^b   Hachiya, Junichi ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Gallbladder, adenomyomatosis; Gallbladder, neoplasms; Magnetic resonance (MR), cholangiopancreatography; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOMATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEARL NECKLACE SIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS;

ADENOMYOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0344643428     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2271011378     Document Type: Article

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