Focal eosinophilic infiltration of the liver mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma: Case reports

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-39

  Kwak, Hyo Sung ^a   Han, Young Min ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Eosinophilic infiltration; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (HCC); LIVER;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

GADOLINIUM; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL INFILTRATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1442288564     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(03)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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